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Exercise 0. Lab setup and preliminary instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

Part 1: Lab parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
Part 2: Lab environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2
Part 3: Access to the lab environment from any location with Citrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4
Part 4: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4

Exercise 1. Switch management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Part 1: Log on to the switch and discover basic switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Part 2: Brocade VDX 6730 FCoE switch: Basic configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Part 3: Configuring switch mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Part 4: Configuring host name and chassis name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Part 5: Configuring default zoning access modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Part 6: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

Exercise 2. Management software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Part 1: Windows server verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Part 2: Install QLogic utility QCC CLI and agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Part 3: Install Q Converge Console software and the FC HBA Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Part 4: Using QConvergeConsole on a server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Part 5: QCC GUI FC HBA Manager diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Part 6: Multipath driver installation on the Windows server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Part 7: DS Storage Manager installation on the Windows server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Part 8: DS3500 Storage Manager V10 and multipath driver verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Part 9: AIX server verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Part 10: Multipath driver on the AIX server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
Part 11: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Exercise 3. Zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Part 1: Zoning configuration: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Part 2: Configure FCoE interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Part 3: Zone configuration: Create aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Part 4: Zone configuration: Create zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Part 5: Zone configuration: Zoning configuration creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Part 6: Zone configuration: Enable zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Part 7: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Exercise 4. Configuring the IBM Storwize V3700 storage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Part 1: Log on to the V3700 system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Part 2: Creating arrays and pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Part 3: Creating volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Part 4: Creating hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Part 5: Mapping volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Part 6: Verify LUN mapping from the Windows server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

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Part 7: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Exercise 5. V3700 storage provisioning using iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1

Part 1: Connect the iSCSI initiator to the Storwize V3700 system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Part 2: Create an iSCSI host and assign volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Part 3: Validate volume access using iSCSI connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Part 4: Configure multiple iSCSI target ports for MPIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Part 5: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Exercise 6. Brocade VDX fabric merging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-1

Part 1: Clear zone configuration on Team2 Brocade 6730 switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Part 2: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Exercise 7. Basic configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1

Part 1: Cisco switch: Log on to the switch and initial configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Part 2: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Exercise 8. Management tools installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1

Part 1: Cisco Device Manager: Installation of the Windows server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Part 2: Cisco Device Manager: Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Part 3: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Exercise 9. VSAN creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1

Part 1: Cisco switch: Create a VSAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Part 2: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Exercise 10. Zoning configuration on Cisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1

Part 1: Connect the AIX server to the Cisco switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Part 2: Configure alias, zoning, and zoneset on Cisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Part 3: Creating an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Part 4: Creating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Part 5: Create a zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9

Exercise 11. Configuring the DS3500 storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1

Part 1: Team 1 and 3 - Create the RAID array and logical drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Part 2: Define storage partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
Part 3: Mapping an LUN to the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
Part 4: Verify LUN mapping from the AIX server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15
Part 5: Exercise summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-19

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Exercises description
This course includes the following exercises:
• Lab setup and preliminary instructions
• Brocade switch 2109: Initial configuration
• Management software installation
• Brocade Fabric Manager
• Brocade switch: Zoning configuration
• V3700 storage provisioning using iSCSI
• Brocade VDX fabric merging
• Basic configuration
• Management tools installation
• VSAN creation
• Zoning configuration on Cisco
• Configuring the DS3500 storage subsystem
In the exercise instructions, you will see each step prefixed by a line. You
might want to check off each step as you complete it to keep track of your
progress.
Most exercises include required sections which should always be completed.
These might be required before performing later exercises. Some exercises
might also include optional sections that you might want to perform if you
have sufficient time and want an additional challenge.

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Exercise 0. Lab setup and preliminary
instructions

What this exercise is about

The following instructions are intended to explain how this guide is
organized, and to introduce the lab network diagram that shows the
equipment available to you, the IP connections, and storage. Read the
following notes before starting the labs, so you can get familiar with the lab
environment.

What you should be able to do

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:
• Understand the organization of this exercise guide

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• All equipment is connected to the different LANs and to the SAN
• SAN unconfigured (zoning)

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Exercise instructions
Part 1: Lab parameters
All the values of the common parameters and the team-specific parameters (PC IP addresses, AIX
server IP addresses, V3700, DS3500 IP addresses, switch IP addresses, and so on) that are used
in this lab guide have been written in a complementary document:
• This document is called: Lab Guide Parameter Table.
• Each team must use its corresponding document to find the resources it should use during the
lab exercises.
• Next, some instructions and reminders useful for setting up this workshop environment.
Software is available at <C:\SN71_SoftwareRepository\ > on your Windows host.
- DS3524 Storage Manager
- QCC (QLogic CNA Management)
- PuTTY (Terminal Emulator)
- Java JRE
- Multipath drivers for Windows 2008 (SDDDSM)
- CNA drivers

Part 2: Lab environment

Teams are assigned numbers 1 - 4 which are used to qualify resources requiring a number. The lab
has two sections for the teams.
• Section 1: Brocade VDX 6730 SAN Switches + Windows Host + IBM Storwize V3700

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EXempty • Section 2: AIX hosts + DS3524 + CISCO MDS9148 SAN switch (DS3524 and the Cisco switch
are shared by partner teams for labs)

Equipment available for each individual team:

• One Windows Server with network access to all following equipment, with two converged
network adapters, FC adapters (HBA), and connected to the SAN fabric
• One V3700 storage system that is connected to the Brocade VDX 6730 FCoE switches (one
per controller)
• One Brocade VDX 6730 FCoE switch used to interconnect the equipment on the SAN
(Windows server and V3700)
• One AIX server that is connected by two FC adapters (HBA) to the CISCO SAN fabric
Equipment that is shared by Team1 and Team 2:
• CISCO SAN switch (used to connect DS3524 and the AIX host for both teams)
• DS3524 storage subsystem

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Part 3: Access to the lab environment from any location with Citrix
__ 1. Point your web browser to the link and log in using the user name and password provided
by your instructor.

Part 4: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• Ready to work.
You have now completed this exercise.

End of exercise

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Exercise 1. Switch management overview

What this exercise is about

The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate and familiarize participants
with some basic switch management operations on a Brocade VDX6730
FCoE Switch.

What you should be able to do

At the end of this exercise, you should be able to:
• Log on to the switch
• Execute basic commands to fetch information from the switch
• Perform the switch basic configuration

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• All equipment connected to the different LANs and to the SAN
• The switch must be powered ON

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Part 1: Log on to the switch and discover basic switch information

Note

Using the user command-line interface, verify the status of your FCoE switch. Using PuTTY
terminal emulator, start a Telnet session with your FC switch.

__ 1. From your workstation/Citrix, double-click the PuTTY icon to access the FC switch over a
Telnet session.
__ 2. From PuTTY, enter the IP address of your FCoE switch. Make sure that the Telnet box is
checked and that the TCP port# field is set to 23. Click OK to proceed.

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EXempty __ 3. At the prompt, log in to the switch using information specified on your lab worksheet
provided by your instructor. (By default: admin and password).

__ 4. Press the Tab key at the command prompt to discover all the available commands. Press
the Tab key again to view more commands.

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__ 5. At the switch administration prompt, verify the switch basic information with the following
command:
show system

__ 6. At the switch administration prompt, verify the switch chassis information with the following
command:
show chassis

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__ 7. At the switch administration prompt, verify the switch license information with the following
command.Confirm that at least licenses that are shown in the below screen is available on
your switch
show license

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__ 8. At the switch administration prompt, verify the VCS status and information with the following
command:
show vcs
If VCS is not enabled following output is received.

If VCS is enabled, you would see an output similar to as shown below.

__ 9. If VCS is enabled on the switch, execute show vcs detail.

Part 2: Brocade VDX 6730 FCoE switch: Basic configuration

IP configuration
The Brocade VDX compact switches like VDX6730 have a single configurable Ethernet Interface,
Eth0, which can be configured as a management interface. A management IP might be configured
to use DHCP or it might be a static IP. These labs use Static IP configurations.

Warning

Commands on the following sections allow you to set the TCP/IP address of the switch which you
use for remote management and are usually performed over a serial connection. These are just for
your reference. Do not use these commands for this exercise.

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EXempty __ 10. To display the network interface configuration enter the following command:
Show Interface Management

__ 11. To configure the Ethernet management interface with static IP address, perform the following:
__ a. Type configure terminal and press Enter to switch to configuration mode.
__ b. Type interface management 1/0 (where 1/0 is your switch rbridge-id/management
port) and press Enter.
__ c. Type no ip address dhcp and press Enter.
__ d. Type ip address x.x.x.x/yy (where x.x.x.x is your assigned switch IP and yy is your
subnet prefix) and press Enter.
__ e. Type ip gateway-address x.x.x.x (where x.x.x.x is your assigned switch gateway IP)
and press Enter.
__ f. Type do copy running-config startup-config and press Enter.
__ g. Type y and press Enter to continue.
__ h. Type do show running-config interface Management and press Enter and verify if
changes were applied successfully.
__ i. Type end and press Enter to exit config mode.

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Part 3: Configuring switch mode

Network OS supports two operational modes for Brocade VDX switches, stand-alone mode and
Brocade VCS fabric mode. When a switch boots up, it goes into one of these modes by default.
All of the Brocade VDX compact switch models, including VDX 6730, boot up in stand-alone mode
by default. Stand-alone mode is a restricted feature mode in which the switch supports only legacy
features that were available in Network OS v2.1.1, with the exception of IP static routes and in-band
management. All other Layer 3 features, or any other features that are introduced in Network OS
v3.0.0, are not available in stand-alone mode.
VDX switches in VCS mode attempt to form ISLs (inter-switch links) by default. However, if the
chassis is not connected to another switch, it forms a “single node VCS fabric”.

Important

Enabling/disabling Brocade VCS mode is normally performed soon after the IP address has been
set. Enabling or disabling VCS mode is disruptive as it requires a reboot, and it also causes the
default configuration to be applied. VCS mode is disabled by default. Be careful while performing
these steps. Strictly perform the steps as per the instructions. Do not disable/enable VCS after
this exercise is completed unless you are told to do so by your instructor.

__ 12. Skip this step if VCS is disabled already (you verified this in step 8 earlier in this lab).
__ a. To disable VCS on your Brocade switch, type no vcs enable and press Enter.
__ b. On the prompt to continue type y and press Enter
The switch is rebooted in stand-alone mode and default configuration is applied.

__ c. Right click the top blue bar of the Putty screen and click Restart Session (or open a
new putty session). Get back to the login prompt by logging back onto the switch again.

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EXempty Note that the switch host name defaults to ‘sw0’ after the reboot.
__ d. Type show vcs and press Enter. Observe the output and note that vcs state is ‘disabled’.

__ 13. To enable VCS mode perform the following.

__ a. Type vcs rbridge-id X enable. (where x is your team ID - 1 for Team1, 2 for Team2).
__ b. On the prompt to continue, respond with a y and press Enter.

__ c. The switch is rebooted in VCS mode and default configuration is applied.

__ d. Right click the top blue bar of the Putty screen and click Restart Session (or open a
new putty session) and return to the log in prompt. Log back onto the switch.
__ e. Type show vcs and press Enter to confirm vcs is enabled.
__ f. Type show vcs detail and press Enter to view vcs configuration details.

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Part 4: Configuring host name and chassis name

Note

Verify the host name, chassis name, and IP configuration of your switch with the following
command: show running-config switch-attributes

__ 14. To fetch the existing host name and chassis name and IP details, at the Admin> prompt:
__ a. Type show running-config switch-attributes host-name and press Enter.
__ b. Type show running-config switch-attributes chassis-name and press Enter.

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EXempty __ c. Record the details below based on your observations.

Host name:
Chassis name:
__ 15. To configure host name and chassis name perform the following:
__ a. Type configure terminal and press Enter to switch to configuration mode.
__ b. Type switch-attributes 1 (where 1 is your switch rbridge-id, refer output of show vcs
detail in step 14 above) and press Enter.
__ c. Type host-name VDX6730-x (where X is your team number) and press Enter.
__ d. Type chassis-name VDX6730-x (where X is your team number) and press Enter.
__ e. Type do copy running-config startup-config and press Enter.
__ f. Type y and press Enter to continue on the prompt to modify startup configuration.
__ g. Notice the switch name changes from sw0 to the new name at the prompt.Type do show
running-config switch-attributes and press Enter to verify if the changes were
applied successfully.
__ h. Record the new details below based on your observations.
Host name:
Chassis name:
__ i. Type end and press Enter to exit config terminal.

Part 5: Configuring default zoning access modes

The default zoning access mode defines the device access behavior on the switch when no active
zoning configuration exists. Default zoning has two access modes:
• All Access: All devices in the fabric can communicate with all others. The default is all
access.
• No Access: Devices in the fabric cannot communicate with other devices in the fabric.

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__ 16. To set the default zoning mode to no access, perform the following at the admin prompt:
__ a. Type show running-config zoning enabled-configuration and press Enter to view
the current default.

__ b. Type configure terminal to enter configuration mode and press Enter.

__ c. Type zoning enabled-configuration default-zone-access noaccess and press
Enter. (This sets the default to no access).
__ d. Type zoning enabled-configuration cfg-action cfg-save and press Enter. (This
command commits the ongoing transactions and saves the access mode change to the
non-volatile memory).
__ e. Type do show running-config zoning enabled-configuration and press Enter to
confirm the changes were successfully applied.
__ f. Type end and press Enter to exit configuration mode terminal.

__ g. Type exit and press Enter to exit and close the terminal session.
__ 17. Additionally, perform the following in preparation of exercise 6 (Brocade VDX fabric
merging) of this lab guide.
__ a. Type configure terminal to enter configuration mode and press Enter.
__ b. Type interface TenGigabitEthernet x/0/23 and press Enter (where x is the ribridge
ID of your switch, 1 for team1 and 2 for team2).
__ c. Type shut and press Enter.

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EXempty __ d. Type exit and press Enter.

__ e. Type interface TenGigabitEthernet x/0/24 and press Enter (where x is the ribridge
ID of your switch, 1 for team1 and 2 for team2).
__ f. Type shut and press Enter.
__ g. Type end and press Enter.
__ h. Type copy running-config startup-config and press Enter.
__ i. On the prompt to continue type y and press Enter.

Part 6: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• Your switch has its IP address configured.
• Its basic configuration has been performed.
• Its zoning access mode is set to no access.
You have now completed all the steps of this exercise.

End of exercise

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Exercise 2. Management software installation

What this exercise is about

This exercise gives you the opportunity to install some prerequisite
management software.

What you should be able to do

At the end of this exercise, you should be able to:
• Install Q Converge Console (QCC) software on the Windows server
• Install DS Storage Manager V10
• Install the adapter and multipath driver for Windows
• Verify the multipath driver installation for AIX

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• The FC adapters of the Windows servers must be connected to your
Brocade switches.
• The Brocade switch must be configured.

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Exercise instructions
Part 1: Windows server verification
Refer to your lab worksheet to discover the lab environment for your team and make the required
verifications.
__ 1. Log in to your Windows host (WINTx, where x is your team ID). Click Start and then click
Run. Type cmd on the run prompt and press Enter. This will open the command prompt.
__ 2. Using ping command from the command prompt, verify that you can ping the SAN
switches and the AIX server from your Windows server (IP addresses to your lab equipment
were provided with lab details). For example: ping 10.62.163.160

• Can you ping your AIX server?

• Can you ping the Cisco San switch?
• Can you ping your team’s Brocade FCoE switch?
• Can you ping your partner team's Brocade FCoE switch?
__ 3. From the Start menu of your Windows Server, right-click the Computer icon. Select Manage.
__ 4. From the Server Manger window, select Device Manager, and verify that your FC adapters
are correctly seen in the Storage controllers directory.(Qlogic Converged Network Adapter
drivers are installed with Windows OS).

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EXempty Part 2: Install QLogic utility QCC CLI and agents

__ 5. To install the QCC CLI and agents, execute the QLogic Super installer from the repository
C:\SN71_SoftwareRepository\QLogic_SI_x64_7.00.12\setup.exe.
__ 6. On the security warning click Run.

__ 7. The QLogic Super Installer - InstallShield Wizard opens. Click Next to proceed.

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__ 8. On the License Agreement page accept the license agreement and click Next to proceed.

__ 9. For Setup Type, choose Custom and click Next.

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EXempty __ 10. The following window is displayed. Here, you can choose the components to install. By default,
all components (all drivers and applications) are selected for install. (Do not click Next.)

__ 11. Click on the Drivers folder and select This feature will not be available (since the drivers
are installed and we just want to install the QCC CLI and the remote agents).

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__ 12. On the next screen (shown below), click Next.

__ 13. On the next screen, shown below, click Install.

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EXempty The installation begins.

__ 14. Click Finish to complete the installation.

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Part 3: Install Q Converge Console software and the FC HBA Manager

QLogic Converge Console (QCC) is a web-based management tool that allows management of a
range of QLogic Fibre Channel and converged adapters. It can be installed on any server that is
able to communicate to the servers that have QLogic HBA/converged network adapter and QCC
agent installed. This server might or might not have any adapters that are installed on itself. For this
lab, QCC will be installed on the Windows host assigned to you that has the adapters installed on it.
__ 15. To Install the QCC software on your Windows Server, execute the installation package. The
installation package is in the following location:
C:\SN71_SoftwareRepository\QConvergeConsole_Installer_Windows_x64_5_1_0_205.exe
__ 16. If you are presented with a security warning (shown below), click Run.

__ 17. Shortly after you have executed the installation, a QLogic flash screen appears followed by
the InstallAnywhere screen as shown below.

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EXempty __ 18. Read the information that is provided on the QConvergeConsole Installer page and click
Next to proceed.

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__ 19. Review the information that is provided on the QConvergeConsole Installer page and click
Next to proceed.

__ 20. Accept the default port 8080. Click Install to begin the installation.

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EXempty __ 21. On the following prompt, choose NO for this installation.

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__ 22. On the following prompt, choose Next without making any changes.

__ 23. On the following prompt, select No.

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EXempty __ 24. At the installation complete screen, click Done to complete the installation.

The following screen is briefly displayed before presenting the final screen.

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__ 25. On the following screen, click Done to complete the installation.

Part 4: Using QConvergeConsole on a server

__ 26. Find the QCC program shortcut on the desktop of your workstation (alternatively, open
http://localhost:8080/QConvergeConsole/ in a browser or go to Start > Programs > Qlogic
Corporation > QConvergeConsole >), and then click QCC GUI.

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EXempty __ 27. When the QCC GUI opens, click Connect.

__ 28. By default QCC GUI opens the local host. Click on the local host listed on the left hand side
tree view on the screen to get to the view shown below.

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__ 29. QCC GUI can be used to manage adapters on multiple hosts. To add more hosts, simply enter
the IP address of the host and click Connect. (You can test this by adding your partner team’s
windows host IP. Ensure that your partner team has completed part 2 of this exercise.)

__ 30. On the QCC tree pane, expand the host to view the adapters that are installed. Expand the
adapter to view the ports on the adapter. Finally, expand the ports to view services that are
configured on the ports. Highlight any FC adapter.
Your windows hosts have CNAs (converged network adapters) installed, hence each of the
two CNA ports show NIC and FCoE options under it. Notice that the Link Status is equal to
Down for the FCoE because FCoE ports on the Brocade FCoE switch are not configured
yet.

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The following diagram describes the Windows server attachment to the switch. Note that the
team 1 host (WINT1) is connected to port 10 and team 2 host (WINT2) is connected to port
20 of both of the Brocade FCoE switches.

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__ 31. From PuTTY, enter the IP address of your switch. Make sure that the Telnet box is checked
and that the field TCP port# is set to 23. Click Open.

__ 32. Log in to the switch using the ID/PWD given by your instructor.

__ 33. Enable the switch ports (port 10 and port 20) for both Windows servers connected on your
switch by repeating the following procedure for both ports 10 and 20 one by one. Perform
the following for the port you want to configure/enable for FCoE:
__ a. Enter Configuration mode (Type configure Terminal and press Enter).
__ b. Type interface tenGigabitEthernet x/0/y (where x is the rbridge-ID of your switch
and y is the port number that you wish to configure).

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EXempty __ c. Type fcoeport default and press Enter.

__ d. Type end and press Enter to exit config mode.
__ e. Type show running-config interface TenGigabitEthernet x/0/y (where x is the
rbridge-ID of your switch and y is the port number that you wish to configure).
__ f. Execute command show fcoe fabric-map default and verify the current status of
FCoE map.
__ g. Additionally, execute the command show name-server detail to verify the host HBA
has logged in to the port.

__ 34. Verify with your partner team that they have also completed the previous step; then continue
with the exercise (if your partner team has not configured your host ports on their switch,
you might see only one FCoE port as Good on your QCC console).

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__ 35. Return to the QCC window to verify the status of the FCoE adapter that is listed by the
Name Server database and explore the adapter information.

• Address node WWN: ________________________________________________

• Address port WWN: _________________________________________________
• Port FC ID: ________________________________________________________
__ 36. Return to the QCC GUI Utility window. Verify the status of your second FCoE adapter, and
explore the adapter information.

• Address node WWN: ________________________________________________

• Address port WWN: _________________________________________________
• Port FC ID: ________________________________________________________

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EXempty Part 5: QCC GUI FC HBA Manager diagnostics

__ 37. To perform diagnostics, click the Diagnostics tab in the right pane of the QCC window. The
following screen appears:

__ 38. At the diagnostics screen, click the General Diagnostics tab.

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__ 39. At the General Diagnostics tab, in the Number of test(s) field, type 100 and click
Loopback Test. Click Yes on the confirmation prompt. On the next prompt, choose
Internal Loopback and then click OK to process.

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__ 40. Tests are started; wait for the final results. Examine the results once tests are complete.

Part 6: Multipath driver installation on the Windows server

__ 41. The SDDDSM multipath driver installation file is located on the software repository at the
following location: C:\SN71_SoftwareRepository\SDDDSM multipath driver
__ 42. Double-click the setup.exe executable file as shown below in order to install multipath
drivers. Click Run on the security warning prompt.

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__ 43. SDDDSM installation program is initialized and prompts to continue. Respond with a Yes to
continue and follow the prompts. On the final prompt to reboot the host again, respond with
Yes. At this point, the host reboots.

Part 7: DS Storage Manager installation on the Windows server

__ 44. Double-click the setup.exe executable file as shown below in order to begin installation.
Click Run on the security warning if prompted.

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__ 45. Select I accept the terms and click Next to continue.

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EXempty __ 46. Click Next only because it is recommended to use the default directory.

__ 47. Select Management Station to install both the DS Storage Manager software, and click Next.

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__ 48. Select Automatically start monitor, and then click Next.

__ 49. Click Install.

The installation is now in progress.

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__ 50. When completed, click Done to close the installation process.

__ 51. If prompted, restart your Windows server.

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Part 8: DS3500 Storage Manager V10 and multipath driver verification

__ 52. After rebooting, from the Start menu of your Windows Server, right-click the Computer icon,
and then select Manage.
__ 53. From the Server Manger window, select Device Manager and verify that Multipath Driver is
correctly installed.

__ 54. Verify also that you can start the DS3524 Management Software. Select Start > Programs
> Storage Manager 10 Client > Storage Manager 10 Client.

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EXempty __ 55. From the Select Addition Method windows, check the Manual radio button.

__ 56. At this point, to manage your Fibre RAID controllers, you will either use the in-band method
(over the Fibre Channel) or the out-of-band method (Ethernet). For this exercise, you are
using out-of-band management, therefore you need to specify both IP addresses (one of
each controller) that your storage subsystems use. Refer to your lab worksheet to enter the
appropriate IP addresses, and then click Add.

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__ 57. When finished, click No to stop the manual discovery process; then click the Devices tab on
the Enterprise Management window to view the Discovered Storage Subsystems.

The Enterprise Management window’s Devices tab shows your discovered storage
subsystem and the network management type.

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EXempty Part 9: AIX server verification

Refer to your lab worksheet to discover the lab environment for your team and make the required
verifications.
__ 58. Open a Telnet session with your AIX server.

__ 59. Find the port WWNs of its two FC adapters with the lscfg -v | more command (press the
Space Bar to scroll page).

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__ 60. You can also use the lscfg -vl fcsX or lscfg -vl fcsX |grep -i network
command (where X is equal to 0 or 1) to find the port WWN address of each FC adapter of
your AIX server.

• What is the port WWN of fcs0? __________

• What is the port WWN of fcs1? ___________
__ 61. You can also verify which mode the FC adapters are connected to the SAN. Use the lsattr
-El fcsX command (where X is equal to 0 or 1).

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EXempty Part 10: Multipath driver on the AIX server

__ 62. First, verify your AIX level with the oslevel or instfix -i | grep ML command.

__ 63. Verify from AIX OS how you see your two FC adapters and the different drivers that are
attached to them with:
lsdev -Cc adapter | grep fc lsdev | grep fcs

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__ 64. Verify multipath (MPIO) drivers are installed (these are installed by default with AIX if the
power system has HBAs physically on the machine or LPAR when it was installed). Execute
the following command:
lslpp -al |grep -i mpio

Part 11: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• Multipath driver is installed on the Windows server.
• Storage Manager v10 is installed on the Windows server.
• Multipath driver is installed on the AIX server.
You have now completed all the steps of this exercise.

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EXempty
Exercise 3. Zoning configuration

What this exercise is about

This exercise gives you the opportunity to test the effects of new zoning
configurations.

What you should be able to do

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:
• Verify the protection that is provided by the zoning inside the SAN

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• The Brocade VDX 6730 FCoE switch must be configured
• Windows hosts and Storwize V3700 must be connected to the FC switch

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Exercise instructions
Part 1: Zoning configuration: Introduction
During the exercise, on your Brocade FCoE switch, you will create one zone per HBA, where one
HBA of your host Windows server is in a zone with your Storwize V3700 node, and one HBA of your
partner's host Windows server is in a zone with your partner's V3700 controller.

__ 1. Record both team’s PWWNs. Both teams should note each other’s PWWN details as well.
Host name Alias Member PWWN Switch FCoE interface
WINT1 WINT1_CNAP1 VDX6370-1 10
WINT1_CNAP2 VDX6370-2 10
WINT2 WINT2_CNAP1 VDX6370-1 20
WINT2_CNAP2 VDX6370-2 20

Storage Alias Member PWWN Switch FCoE interface

V3700-1 V3700T1_Node1 VDX6370-1 11
V3700T1_Node2 VDX6370-2 11
V3700-2 V3700T2_Node1 VDX6370-1 22
V3700T2_Node2 VDX6370-2 22
__ 2. Launch PuTTY and open a Telnet session to your switch.

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EXempty Part 2: Configure FCoE interfaces

Note

FCoE maps are used to configure FCoE properties on interfaces. An FCoE map is a placeholder for
an FCoE VLAN and a CEE map.
Once the FCoE map is assigned onto an interface:
• The corresponding FCoE VLAN 1002 is applied to the interface.
• The corresponding CEE map is applied to the interface.
• The FCoE/FIP VLAN classifiers are applied to the interface. In short, the interface
becomes capable of carrying FCoE traffic.
Only a single FCoE map is allowed, which is created automatically with the name “default.”
By default, the FCoE VLAN associated to the FCoE map is FCoE VLAN (1002) and the CEE map
that is associated is the default CEE map (also called “default”).

__ 3. To List FCoE maps run the following command:

show fabric-map default
show cee maps

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Note

Any interfaces that have been configured with FCoE default map will show up under Enabled on the
following interfaces. Currently, default map is applied to port 10 and port 20 (performed during
exercise 2 step 33) hence these interfaces are listed in the above output.

__ 4. To assign default FCoE maps to physical 10 GbE interfaces, execute the following steps:
__ a. Configure terminal (This will enter the configuration mode.)
__ b. Interface TenGigabitEthernet x/0/y (Where x is the rbridge-ID of your switch and y
is the physical port you want to configure.)
__ c. fcoeport default
__ d. Exit (This will take you back to the config prompt.)
__ e. Repeat steps b, c, d, and e for the other ports as well.
__ f. End (This will exit the config mode.)

Note

All teams need to configure FCoE Ports 10, 20, 11, and 22 on their switches (one port for your
team’s Windows host, one port where your team’s V3700 is connected, one port for the partner
teams windows host, and one port where your partner’s V3700 is connected on the switch that is
assigned to your team.

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EXempty __ 5. Run the show cee maps command once again to confirm that the 10 GbE ports are applied
with FCoE port default mapping.

__ 6. Execute the show fcoe login command to confirm all of the four WWNs have logged on to
the FCOE ports.

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Part 3: Zone configuration: Create aliases

Note

In the following steps, both Team1 and Team 2 will create four aliases each on their respective
switches. (One for each of the two Windows host CNA ports and one for each of the two V3700
nodes that are connected to the switch assigned to your team).

__ 7. Execute the show name-server detail command to list the WWNs of the devices and
targets available on the VDX fabric.

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__ 8. Create aliases for the four device WWNs. To create aliases, enter the following commands:
__ a. configure terminal (this will take you to the config prompt).
__ b. zoning defined-configuration alias your_alias (refer to the table in step 1 of
this exercise for your_aliases).
__ c. member-entry xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (refer to the table in step 1 of this exercise for
WWN).
__ d. Repeat steps a, b, and c to create aliases for all four WWNs and then execute the
following command to save changes to configuration
zoning enabled-configuration cfg-action cfg-save
__ e. end (This command will exit from the config prompt.)

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__ 9. Execute the following command to verify that all aliases exist in the defined configuration.
show running-config zoning defined-configuration alias

Part 4: Zone configuration: Create zones

Note

In this section, each team will define two zones on their respective Brocade FCoE switches.
• Between your Windows server and your V3700.
• Between your partner team’s Windows server and partner team’s V3700.

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EXempty __ 10. Execute the following commands on your switches to create a new zone to the defined
configuration:
__ a. configure terminal (This will take you to the config prompt.)
__ b. zoning defined-configuration zone V3700Tx_WINTx (Where V3700Tx_WINTx is
the zone name; replace x with your team number.)
__ c. member-entry V3700Tx_Nodex;WINTx_CNAPx (Where V3700Tx_Nodex and
WinTx_CNAPx are the alias you have created for V3700 and Windows host that is
assigned to your team.)
__ d. zoning defined-configuration zone V3700Tx_WINTx (where V3700Tx_WINTx is
the zone name, replace x with your partner team number).
__ e. member-entry V3700T1_Nodex;WINTx_CNAPx (Where V3700Tx_Nodex and
WinTx_CNAPx are the alias you have created for V3700 and Windows host that is
assigned to your partner team. Note that the two aliases are separated by a semicolon.)
__ f. exit (This will take you back to the config prompt.)
__ g. zoning enabled-configuration cfg-action cfg-save (This will save your newly
created zones).
__ h. end (This will exit you from the config mode.)

__ 11. Verify that the two zones that were just created exist in the configuration by examining the
output of the following command:
show running-config zoning defined-configuration zone

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Part 5: Zone configuration: Zoning configuration creation

In this section, each team needs to define a config on their respective VDX switches.
__ 12. Check the existing zone configurations on the switch by executing the following command:
show running-config zoning defined-configuration cfg

Note

The above sample output shows that there are no existing configurations on the switch. Ideally, you
should see the same at this point.

__ 13. List the existing zones in the defined configuration by executing the following command:
show running-config zoning defined-configuration zone

__ 14. To create a zone configuration, run the following commands:

__ a. configure terminal (this will take you to the config mode prompt).
__ b. zoning defined-configuration cfg TEAMx_cfg (Where TEAMx_cfg is the zone
config name, replace x with your team number).
__ c. member-zone V3700Tx_WINTx (Where V3700Tx_WINTx is a zone that is defined by
you earlier, this will add the member zone. Refer to the output from step 13 in this
exercise for zone names).
__ d. Repeat step c for the second zone.

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EXempty __ e. exit (This will bring you to the config prompt.)

__ f. zoning enabled-configuration cfg-action cfg-save (This command saves the
zone config.)
__ g. end (This will exit you from the config mode.)

__ 15. Verify that the zone config you just created exists in the defined zone configuration. Run the
following command:
show running-config zoning defined-configuration cfg cfg_name
(cfg_name is the configuration defined by you in a previous step.)

Part 6: Zone configuration: Enable zoning configuration

__ 16. Now you can activate your zoning configuration. To enable the zone config, run the following
command and exit the config prompt:
zoning enabled-configuration cfg-name cfg_name
(Where, cfg_name is the configuration defined by you in a previous step.)

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__ 17. To verify that your zone config is now active, run the following command:
show running-config zoning enabled-configuration cfg-name

__ 18. Verify contents of your active zone config; run the following command:
show running-config zoning enabled-configuration

__ 19. To make your configuration persistent across switch reboots, execute the following
command and respond with a Y on the prompt to continue.
copy running-config startup-config

Part 7: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• Aliases have been defined.
• Zones have been defined.
• A new zone configuration is running on the switch.
You have now completed all the steps of this exercise.

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Exercise 4. Configuring the IBM Storwize V3700
storage system

What this exercise is about

This exercise gives you the opportunity to configure the V3700 and map
some LUNs to your servers.

What you should be able to do

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:
• Configure array MDisks, pools, and volumes on V3700
• Define your servers (Windows) on the V3700
• Map the LUNs to the servers

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• The Brocade FCoE switches are configured by both Team1 and Team2.
• All the equipment must be connected to the FCoE switch.
• A correct zoning configuration must be activated on both of the Brocade
VDX FCoE switches.

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Exercise instructions
Part 1: Log on to the V3700 system
__ 1. Open the Firefox browser on your Windows server and browse to your V3700’s
Management IP address. Enter your user name and password and click Login.

The following screen is displayed upon successful login.

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__ 2. Click Suggested Tasks and click Configure Storage.

__ 3. On the following screen, click All Internal on the left pane and click Configure Storage.

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__ 4. On the Configure Internal Storage window, select Use the recommended configuration,
examine the Configuration Summary, and click Finish. (The configuration summary gives
you the details of the RAIDs it is about to create.)

__ 5. On the Create Raid Array window, click Details to view commands being executed in the
background to create the arrays. Click Close once Task Complete is displayed.

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EXempty __ 6. Click the Pools icon. This lists all the pools the system has created in previous steps.
List all of the pools: ______________________________________________
List the MDisks in each pool: ________________________________________

__ 7. Right click the mdiskgrp0 and click Rename. Rename the pool to TEAMx_Pool (where X is
your team number).

Part 3: Creating volumes

__ 8. Click the Volumes icon.

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__ 9. On the Volumes window, click Create Volumes.

__ 10. The Create Volume window is presented. Select Generic and then select pool TEAMx_Pool.

__ 11. Enter the volume details as specified below for the new volume and click Create.
• Quantity: 1
• Capacity: 10 GB
• Name: TeamX_Win_FCoE (where X is your team number)

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__ 12. Repeat steps 10, 11, 12, and 13 to create another volume with the following details.
• Quantity: 1
• Capacity: 20 GB
• Name: TeamX_Win_iSCSI (where X is your team number)

Part 4: Creating hosts

__ 13. To define a host on your V3700, click Hosts on the GUI. This takes you to the Hosts screen.

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__ 14. On the Hosts screen, click Create Host to access Create Host GUI. On this screen, click
Fibre Channel Host.

__ 15. On the Create hosts screen, Enter your Windows host name and select your host WWN
from the drop-down list under Fibre Channel Ports; then click Add Port to list.

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EXempty __ 16. Similarly, select the other WWN of your Windows host from the drop-down list and click Add
Port to list; then click Create Host to complete creation of host.

__ 17. Click Close on the Create Host window once “task complete” is reported.

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Part 5: Mapping volume

__ 18. To provision a volume to the host just created, right-click the host name and click Modify
Mapping on the menu.

__ 19. On the Modify Host Mappings window, select the volume TeamX_Windows in the left Pane
and move it to the right pane; then click Map Volumes.

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__ 20. Click Close in the Modify Mapping task status window when complete.

__ 21. Now right click your windows host again and click Properties from the menu to review the
three tabs: Overview, Mapped Volumes, and Port Definition.
__ 22. Close any open windows on the V3700 GUI and log off.

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Part 6: Verify LUN mapping from the Windows server

Note

On your server, verify that the LUN you have mapped has been discovered.

Windows

Use the Rescan Disk option from the Action menu to discover the V3700 LUN you have mapped
to your Windows server.

__ 23. From your Windows server, select Disk Management and Rescan Disks.

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EXempty __ 24. Once the disk scan is complete, verify that the new disk is detected.

__ 25. Right-click the Disk (x) area, and then select Initialize Disk.

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__ 26. Check only the disk you want to initialize (in this example Disk 2) and click OK.

__ 27. Select the right pane of this new disk, and then select New Simple Volume.

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EXempty __ 28. From the New Simple Volume Wizard, click Next, and on the next screen click Next again.

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__ 29. From the New Simple Volume Wizard > Assign Drive Letter or Path screen, select a desired
drive letter from the drop-down list and click Next.

__ 30. From the New Simple Volume Wizard > Format Partition screen, click Next.

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EXempty __ 31. From the New Simple Volume Wizard final pane, examine the settings and then click Finish.

__ 32. Verify that your new disk is integrated to the Windows server.

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__ 33. Open Windows Explorer and verify that you can write some data on it.

__ 34. Verify that you can also see your LUN from QCC console, expanding your FCoE adapters.

Part 7: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• V3700 LUN is mapped to your Windows server.
You have now completed all the steps of this exercise.

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Exercise 5. V3700 storage provisioning using iSCSI

What this exercise is about

This exercise gives you a hands-on opportunity to merge Brocade VDS
FCoE SAN fabric.

What you should be able to do

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:
• Access the V3700 storage from your lab Windows host using iSCSI

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• Host has connectivity network connectivity to the V3700 Ethernet ports 1
and 2 on both nodes.

Introduction
iSCSI is an IP-based standard (defined by RFC 3720) for data transport of
hosts accessing storage devices by carrying SCSI commands over IP
networks.
In an iSCSI environment, the iSCSI host sends requests to an iSCSI target.
The host contains one or more initiators that attach to an IP network to
initiate requests to and receives responses from an iSCSI target. Each
initiator or target has a unique iSCSI name that is known as an iSCSI
qualified name (IQN) or an extended-unique identifier (EUI).
The Storwize V3700 nodes function as iSCSI storage (or targets) for iSCSI
attached hosts; no Fibre Channel SAN storage is required. On the other
hand, if external Fibre Channel SAN storage systems are attached to the
Storwize V3700 system, then the iSCSI support enables these external
storage systems to provide storage to iSCSI hosts as well.
Each node of the system that has one or both of its Ethernet ports that are
configured becomes an iSCSI target.
To transport SCSI commands over the IP network, an iSCSI driver must be
installed on the iSCSI host and target. The driver is used to send iSCSI
commands and respond through a network interface card (NIC) or an iSCSI
HBA in the initiator and the target hardware.
During this exercise you will perform the following tasks:

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• Configure the system node IP ports for iSCSI access

• Configure the MS Windows iSCSI initiator
• Create an iSCSI host object and assign volume from the
• Storwize V3700 system
• Verify iSCSI data access from host to Storwize V3700system
• Configure multiple iSCSI target ports to the iSCSI initiator for multipath
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Part 1: Connect the iSCSI initiator to the Storwize V3700 system
__ 1. Log on to the Storwize V3700 system using your Firefox web browser.

__ 2. Configure the Storwize V3700 system node IP ports for iSCSI by assigning IP addresses to
the Ethernet port 1 of the two nodes of the system. Record the iSCSI IPs assigned to your
team along with the subnetmask and gateway IP.
• Node 1 port 1: _________________________________________
• Node 1 port 2: __________________________________________
__ 3. Click the Settings function icon from the navigation tree. Select Network, and then click
iSCSI in the Network filter list to display iSCSI configuration information. Note the iSCSI
name (IQN) displayed for each node in the browser window.

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__ 4. Click the Settings function icon from the navigation tree. Select Network, right-click port 1
of node1, and click Modify. In the pop-up bubble for port 1, fill in the IP address, the subnet
mask, and the gateway and click OK.

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EXempty __ 5. Review the generated svctask cfgportip command. The three components of the IP
address are to be applied to node ID 1 port 1. Click Close.

__ 6. Upon returning to the Network view, verify that the port now has the updated IP address for iSCSI.
__ 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for port 2 of node 1.
__ 8. Return to the GUI iSCSI Configuration view and click the Firefox browser Reload button to cause
a page refresh. Verify that both ports have been updated with their correct iSCSI IP addresses.

__ 9. To configure WINT2 as an iSCSI host, connect to the host with remote desktop connection
and log in.

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__ 10. The Microsoft iSCSI Initiator and the MS MPIO multi-pathing support for iSCSI have already
been installed on this Windows server. Verify that the iSCSI initiator service is running.
__ 11. Right-click the Computer icon on the Start menu and select Manage. From Server
Management, expand the Configuration node and select Services. Click the Standard tab
toward the bottom of this window. Scroll down to locate Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service. It
should have a status of Started in the Status column.If not, right click on it and select Start.

__ 12. The iSCSI initiator needs to be configured to connect to the Storwize V3700 system. Click
either the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator icon on the desktop or Start > All Programs >
Administrative tools > iSCSI Initiator.

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EXempty __ 13. On the Configuration tab, review the iSCSI Initiator Properties pane and notice the value of
the initiator node name (or IQN).

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__ 14. Select the Discovery tab and click Discover Portal. In the add Target Portal pop-up, enter
the iSCSI IP address of node1 port 1 of the Storwize V3700 system in the IP address box.
Use the default port number of 3260, and then click OK.

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EXempty __ 15. Verify that the iSCSI IP address for the system’s node1 port 1 has been added in the Target
Portals box.

__ 16. Select the Targets tab and note that the Storwize V3700 IQN has been discovered
automatically by the iSCSI initiator. Click Connect to connect to the target.
__ 17. In the Connect to Target pop-up window, click the two check boxes so that this connection is
automatically restored at system boots and multi-pathing is enabled. Click OK.

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__ 18. Verify that the target status is now connected or logged on.

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EXempty __ 19. The IQN value of WINT2 is needed later in the GUI to create the iSCSI host object. Go to
the Configuration tab and click Change to open the Initiator Node Name Change pop-up.
__ 20. Do not change anything. Use the Ctrl+C keys to copy the already highlighted IQN value to
the clip board, and then click Cancel. At the appropriate step later in the Storwize V3700
GUI, use the Ctrl+V keys to enter this IQN value. Close the iSCSI Initiator Properties.

Part 2: Create an iSCSI host and assign volume

__ 21. Return to the system GUI navigation tree. Click the Hosts function icon and select the
Hosts view. Click New Host to create the host object for the WINTx server host (where x is
your team number).

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__ 22. From the Create Host pane, click the iSCSI Host icon.

__ 23. In the Create Host pane, perform the following:

__ a. Assign a name of WINTx_iSCSI in the Host Name field (replace x with your team number).
__ b. Enter the IQN value you had copied previously for the WINTx server in the iSCSI Ports
field; then click Add Port to List. Verify the IQN value in the Port Definitions field.
__ c. Click Create Host.

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EXempty __ 24. Click the Ports by Host view of the Hosts menu and click WINTx_iSCSI in the Host Filter list.
Double-check the IQN port name value with what you had copied from the Windows server. |
Do not be alarmed with a value of offline or inactive in the State column; it is normal for iSCSI
host objects.

__ 25. From the navigation tree, click the Volumes function icon and select the Volumes view;
then click Create Volume.
__ 26. Use storage capacity from the TeamX_pool (created by you earlier - replace X with your team
number); create a volume with the name of WINTx_iSCSI (where x is your team number) and
a capacity of 5 GB. Map the volume to the WINTx_iSCSI host (where x is your team number).

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__ 27. At the following screen, click Continue.

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EXempty __ 28. Use the default SCSI ID assigned by the GUI. It is the LUN number of the volume being
externalized to the WINTx server. Jot down the SCSI ID value of the WinX_iSCSI volume.

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__ 29. Click the Volumes by Host view of the Volumes menu and click WINTx_iSCSI in the Host
Filter list to validate the volume to host mapping.

Part 3: Validate volume access using iSCSI connectivity

__ 30. Return to the WINTx server. Rescan, initialize, and label the volume as TEAMx_iSCSI (use
the Configuring the IBM Storwize V3700 storage system exercise, section Verifying LUN
mapping from Windows as reference if needed).
__ 31. View the attributes of this Windows disk by opening the Command Prompt icon from the
Windows server desktop and entering the diskpart command.
__ 32. From the DISKPART prompt, enter the following:
List disk
Select disk # (where # is the 5 GB disk)
Detail disk

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EXempty __ 33. Verify, in the detail disk output, a type value of iSCSI for the disk. Furthermore, the disk LUN
ID should match the SCSI ID value you noted previously for the volume from the system
GUI. Close the command prompt window.
At this point, you have configured one path between the iSCSI server and the Storwize
V3700 system node1 port 1. Should node1 become unavailable due to planned or
unplanned outages, the system will automatically fail over to the iSCSI IP address to node2
port 1. Consequently MPIO support is not required.
MPIO support for redundant paths is useful to protect host I/O against network connectivity
failures.

Part 4: Configure multiple iSCSI target ports for MPIO

During this part of the exercise, you will add the iSCSI IP address of node1 port 2 of the Storwize
V3700 system to the iSCSI initiator to enable connectivity to both ports of node1.
__ 34. Double-click the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator icon on the Windows server desktop. Click the
Discovery tab, and then click Discover Portal.
__ 35. In the Add Target Portal pop-up window, enter the iSCSI IP address that is configured for
V3700 node 1 port 2 in the IP address box and click OK.
__ 36. Click the Targets tab and notice that adding port 2 of node1 does not introduce a new
target.
Note also that neither Rescan disks in Disk Management nor Scan for hardware changes in
Device Manager introduces a new instance of the Storwize V3700 system presented
volume.

Part 5: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• Both Brocade VDX switches are part of the same fabric.
You have now completed all the steps of his exercise.

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Exercise 6. Brocade VDX fabric merging

What this exercise is about

This exercise gives you an opportunity to experience a hands-on activity for
merging Brocade VDS FCoE SAN fabric.

What you should be able to do

At the end of this exercise, you should be able to:
• Merge Brocade VDX fabrics

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• The Brocade FCoE switches are configured by both Team1 and Team2.
• All of the equipment must be connected to the FCoE switch.
• Both Team1and Team2 should have completed all the exercises so far.

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Part 1: Clear zone configuration on Team2 Brocade 6730 switch

Note

This exercise is designed to be performed by the partner teams as one single team. The steps in
this section are performed on only the switch assigned to Team2.
When adding a switch that is already configured for zoning, you must clear the zone configuration
on that switch before connecting it to the zoned fabric.
Both of the lab Brocade 6730 FCoE switches are physically connected on port 23 and port 24;
however, the ports are currently disabled and therefore virtually not connected at this point.

__ 1. To clear zone configuration on VDX6730-2(Team2) switch, open a PuTTY session to it and

execute the following sequence of commands.
__ a. Configure Terminal (This command takes you to the config mode prompt.)
Zoning enabled-configuration cfg-action cfg-clear
__ b. No zoning enabled-configuration cfg-name
__ c. End (This command exits you from the config mode prompt.)
__ 2. To confirm that no zone config is still active, run the following command:
show running-config zoning enabled-configuration
__ 3. Enable port 23 and 24 (to be performed on both of the Brocade VDX6730 switches).
__ 4. Execute the following commands to enable the ports:
__ a. Configure Terminal (This takes you to the config mode prompt.)
__ b. Interface tengigabitethernet x/0/23 (where x is the rbridge-ID of your switch)
__ c. No shutdown
__ d. Interface tengigabitethernet x/0/24 (where x is the rbridge-ID of your switch)
__ e. No shutdown
__ f. End
__ g. Repeat steps a, b, c, d, e, and f on the other brocade VDX switch.

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EXempty __ 5. After port 23 and 24 are enabled on both of the VDX switches, execute the following
command to view ISLs on both of the VDX switches:
show fabric islports show fabric isl

__ 6. To verify that both the Brocade VDX switches are now part of the same fabric, examine the
output of the following commands from both the switches (you should be able to see the
same set of WWPN /fcid on both):
show name-server brief show name-server detail
Below is sample output from the two switches at this point. Note that the fcids are the same,
which makes it clear that the two switch fabrics have merged.

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Part 2: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• Both Brocade VDX switches are part of the same fabric.
You have now completed all the steps of this exercise.

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Exercise 7. Basic configuration

What this exercise is about

This exercise provides you with an opportunity to perform the basic
configuration of the Cisco FC switch.

What you should be able to do

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:
• Perform the switch basic configuration

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• The Cisco switch has to be powered ON.

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Exercise instructions
Part 1: Cisco switch: Log on to the switch and initial configuration

Note

For this lab exercise, the Cisco FC switch is shared by Team1 and Team2. Both teams are
expected to work together on single session.
The steps in this exercise are almost always performed on a serial connection and have been
included here just to provide you with a feel of initial configuration of the switch.

Important

Be careful and verify your inputs before you press Enter as a step performed incorrectly might result
in lost access to your switch and might take time to fix.

__ 1. From your workstation, double-click the PuTTY icon to access the Cisco switch over a
Telnet session.
__ 2. From PuTTY, enter the IP address of your Cisco switch, make sure that the Telnet box is
checked, and that the field TCP port# is set to 23. Click OK to process.

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EXempty __ 3. Log in to the switch using information specified on your lab worksheet that is provided by
your instructor.
__ 4. At the prompt, type setup and press Enter. (When performing initial configuration, the same
is performed on a serial connection. The setup command is used to modify initial
configuration of the switch,)
Tip: For the following prompts, response inside the square brackets [ ] indicates the default
response.
• ii. To accept the defaults simply press Enter to proceed.
• iii. To accept the existing settings/skip a prompt press Enter. On the following prompts,
respond as indicated below.

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Additionally, perform the following:

__ 5. Use the ? command first to discover all the commands available. (Press the space bar to
see --more--).

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__ 6. From the prompt, enter the show running-config command to display the current
configuration of your switch.

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EXempty __ 7. Verify the IP configuration, the name of your switch, and the serial number with the following
commands:
show ip interface show switchname
show switchname serialnum

__ 8. Execute show hardware command to see the switch hardware details.

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Part 2: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• Your switch has its IP address configured and it is accessible by a Telnet session.
• Its basic configuration has been performed.
You have now completed all the steps of this exercise.

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Exercise 8. Management tools installation

What this exercise is about

This exercise provides you the opportunity to install management tools
provided by Cisco. Cisco Device Manager allows you to manage the switch
itself, create VSANs, and define zoning.

What you should be able to do

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:
• Install Cisco Device on the Windows server

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• The Cisco switch must be basically configured using the setup
command.

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Exercise instructions
Part 1: Cisco Device Manager: Installation of the Windows server
__ 1. From the Windows server, open a web browser and connect to the Cisco switch IP address
(as provided to you) using HTTP: http://10.208.xxx.xxx

__ 2. To install the management software, click Cisco Device Manager and follow instructions:

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EXempty __ a. Check the Create shortcuts and menu items for all users box.

Part 2: Cisco Device Manager: Usage

__ 3. When installation is completed, you get the following window. Log in using the admin
account defined on the switch.

__ 4. You will get the following window.

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Part 3: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following state:
• Cisco Fabric Manager and Device Manager are installed on the Windows server.
• Its basic configuration has been performed.
You have now completed all the steps of this exercise.

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Exercise 9. VSAN creation

What this exercise is about

This exercise provides you with an opportunity to create a VSAN on the
Cisco switches.

What you should be able to do

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:
• Create a VSAN on a Cisco switch

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• The Cisco switch must be basically configured using the setup
command.
• Cisco Device Manager must be installed on the Windows server.

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Exercise instructions
Part 1: Cisco switch: Create a VSAN

Note

In this exercise, you will create a VSAN for your team on the Cisco switch. This VSAN contains four
FC ports (odd or even) and has a particular ID.

__ 1. Start the Device Manager and select the FC menu from the toolbar, and then click VSANs.

__ 2. From the VSAN window, click Create.

__ 3. From the Create VSAN General window, configure your VSAN.

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__ a. Team1: VSAN ID = 11, VSAN Name = Team1

__ b. Team2: VSAN ID = 12, VSAN Name = Team2
__ 4. From the Create VSAN General window, click the button at the end of the Interface
Members field.

__ 5. Select the interfaces that you want to assign in your VSAN, and then click OK.

__ a. Team1: The following Switch FC Ports= 1/1, 1/3 and 1/10.

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__ b. Team2: The following Switch FC Ports= 1/12, 1/14 and 1/20.

__ 6. Your screen must be now similar to the following, if correct, click Create, and then click
Close.

Your VSAN is now created.

Part 2: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• Your VSAN is created on the Cisco switch.
You have now completed all the steps of this exercise.

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Exercise 10. Zoning configuration on Cisco

What this exercise is about

In the previous exercises, you created your own VSAN on the Cisco switch.
In this exercise, you will create zoning configuration using the Cisco Fabric
Manager.

What you should be able to do

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:
• Create zoning configuration with the Cisco Fabric Manager

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• Brocade switch is configured and has an active zoning configuration.
• The Cisco switch is configured and you have created a VSAN.
• Cisco Device Manager is installed on the Windows server.

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Exercise instructions
Part 1: Connect the AIX server to the Cisco switch

Note

At this time, AIX servers and the DS3524 are connected to the Cisco switch. In order to complete
this exercise, you need to ensure that your AIX server is connected to the FC ports of your VSAN
on the Cisco switch.

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EXempty __ 1. Log on to your AIX server and find the WWPN of fcs0 with the following command
lscfg -vl fcs0 |grep -i Network
lscfg -vl fcs1 |grep -i Network
• Record the WWN of fcs0: _______________________
• Record the WWN of fcs1: _______________________
__ 2. Open the Cisco Device Manager, and connect to your Cisco switch.
__ 3. Select the port where your AIX server is connected to your VSAN (Port 1 for Team1/3 and
Port12 for Team2) and Enable it. (Normally you would see this port display a flashing F).

__ 4. From your port, select Configure, and specify description AIXTx_fcs0 (where x is your
team number) in the Speed field; then click Apply.

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__ 5. Repeat step 3 and 4 for other ports that are assigned to your team (refer to the diagram and
port assignment table).Your Cisco switch now displays your current attachment.

__ 6. Select the Summary folder to display the WWN connected to the switch. Verify the correct
WWPN is displayed against the ports that you just configured.

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EXempty Part 2: Configure alias, zoning, and zoneset on Cisco

__ 7. Establish a Telnet session with your Cisco switch.
__ 8. Enter the show vsan (or show vsan xx) command to identify and confirm the VSAN that
you will be working with during this exercise.

__ 9. Enter the show zoneset active or show zoneset active vsan XX command (where xx
is your VSAN ID). (Show zoneset active command is used to list any active zonesets
present on the Cisco MDS switch. In the below example, no active zonesets were found.)

__ 10. Enter the following command to confirm that your AIX WWNs are showing against the right
port numbers and are part of the VSAN number that is assigned to your team.
show flogi database

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Record your AIX PWWNs and interface against which it appears on the above output for
your team. (Confirm that they match with information collected from AIX host in step 1 of this
exercise. You will use the below information for next steps). AIX Host WWNs

Team/server Alias VSAN Member PWWN Interface

Team1/AIXT1 AIXT1_fcs0 11
AIXT1_fcs1 11
Team2/AIXT2 AIXT1_fcs0 12
AIXT1_fcs1 12
Record your DS3524 port WWNs. (The below table is also a reference to the DS3524 ports
assigned to your team.)

Part 3: Creating an alias

DS3524 Port
Team# Alias VSAN PWWN Interface
Desc
Team1 Controller1 Port 1 DS3524_T1 11 10
Team2 Controller2 Port 1 DS3524_T2 12 20

Note

In this part of the exercise, you will create an alias for the HBA ports of your AIX server.

__ 11. Enter in configuration mode using the config terminal command.

__ 12. Using information that is collected above, create aliases for fcs0 and fcs1 on your AIX using
the following command:
fcalias name <name> vsan <vsan ID>
To associate a WWN with the alias just created, execute the following command in succession.
Member pwwn xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx<o:p\
__ 13. Repeat this action for fcs1 on your AIX host.

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EXempty __ 14. Repeat this action again to create an alias for the DS3524 port assigned to your team. Use
the information that is captured in a previous step.

__ 15. You can display your new aliases using the following commands:
__ a. To list fcaliases defined on the entire switch execute:
show fcalias
__ b. To list fcaliases defined in your VSAN execute:
show fcalias vsan <XX>
(Where XX is the VSAN ID assigned to your team.)

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Part 4: Creating a zone

Note

Now you need to create a zone that includes the HBAs of your AIX server and DS3524 connected
to your Cisco switch.

__ 16. To create a zone, enter in configuration mode using the config terminal command.
__ 17. Create a zone using the zone name <zone_name> vsan <vsan_id> command.
• Zone name: AIXTx_fcs0-DS3524_Tx (replace x with your team number).
• VSAN ID: XX (replace xx with your VSAN ID).
__ 18. Assign the members of this zone using the member fcalias <fcalias_name> command.
__ a. Your AIX Server: AIXTx_fcs0 (replace x with your team number).
__ b. Your DS3524: DS3524_Tx (replace x with your team number).
__ 19. Verify your zone detail and that the zone was created correctly using show zone name <zone
name> vsan <VSANID> command.

__ 20. Repeat step 19, 20 and 21 to create a zone for the other HBA port (fcs1).
• Zone name: AIXTx_fcs1-DS3524_Tx (replace x with your team number).
• VSAN ID: XX (replace xx with your VSAN ID).

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EXempty __ 21. Verify your zone detail and that the zone was created correctly using the show zone name
<zone name> vsan <VSANID> command.

__ 22. List all zones in your VSAN using the following command:
show zone vsan <VSANID>

Part 5: Create a zoning configuration

Note

This part of the exercise is offered only to demonstrate how to activate the VSAN configuration.
Remember that the concept of VSAN is only supported by Cisco.

__ 23. To create a zoneset, enter configuration mode using the config terminal command.

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__ 24. Create a zoneset using the zoneset name <zoneset_name> vsan <vsan_id> command.
• Zoneset name: TeamX_zoneset (Replace x with your team ID.)
• VSAN ID: XX (replace xx with your VSAN ID.)
__ 25. Assign both of the zones you have created to the zoneset using the following command.
member <zone name>
__ 26. Activate the zoneset using the following command in config mode:
Zoneset activate name <zoneset name> vsan <VSANId>
__ 27. Verify that your zoneset is now the active zoneset using the following command:
show zoneset active vsan <vsanID>
__ 28. Save configuration changes to the startup configuration to make them persistent across
switch reboots. Use the following command in normal or config mode:
Copy running-config startup-config

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Exercise 11. Configuring the DS3500 storage
subsystem

What this exercise is about

This exercise provides you with the opportunity to configure the DS3524 and
map some LUNs to your AIX servers.

What you should be able to do

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:
• Configure a RAID array and some LUNs on the DS3524
• Define your servers (AIX) on the DS3524
• Map the LUNs to the corresponding servers

Requirements
Before starting this exercise, your lab configuration must be in the following
state:
• The CISCO FC switch must be configured.
• All the equipment must be connected to the FC switch.
• A correct zoning configuration must be activated on the switch.
• The DS3524 Storage Manager must be installed on one server.

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Exercise instructions
Part 1: Team 1 and 3 - Create the RAID array and logical drives
__ 1. Start the Storage Manager 10 Client on your Windows server.

__ 2. Open the Subsystem Management window by double clicking your DS3000 on the left pane.
Click No on any prompt to set password and disk pool auto configuration. At this time, you
should be on the below window.

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EXempty __ 3. From the Subsystem Management window, select Total Unconfigured Capacity and
right-click to select Create Array.

__ 4. From the Introduction (Create Array) window, click Next to continue.

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__ 5. From the Array Name & Drive Selection (Create Array) window, specify a name for this
array, and then click Next.
• Array name: SN71_TeamX (where X is your team number)
• Drive selection choices: Automatic

__ 6. From the RAID Level and Capacity (Create Logical Drive) window, select a RAID level and
the number of disk drives you want to use in this RAID level (use the following parameters):
• Select RAID level: RAID 5
• Select capacity: Select the line that proposes three drives

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EXempty __ 7. From the Array Created window, click Yes.

__ 8. This window allows you to create your first logical drive. From the Specify Capacity/Name
(Create Logical Drive) window, create a logical drive (or LUN) that you will use for your
Windows Server (using the following parameters), and then click Next to continue.
• New logical drive capacity: 10
• Units: GB
• Name: TeamX_Aix (Replace X by the Team number).
• Leave the rest of the parameters to the default (Map to host: Map Later).

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__ 9. From the Creation Successful (Create Logical Drive) window, click No to complete you
configurations.

__ 10. At this time (considering both teams have carried out the steps so far), there should be two
arrays created, one by each team, with one volume on each of the array.

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EXempty Part 2: Define storage partition

Note

You must first define your servers in the DS3000 as hosts.

__ 11. Find the Port WWN of the FC adapters that are located in your servers. To do that you can
use the lscfg –vl command on AIX.
__ 12. From the Subsystem Management window, click the Mappings View tab.

__ 13. From the Subsystem Management window, select Default Group and then Define Host.

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__ 14. From the Specify Hostname (Define Host) window, type your AIX host name and click Next.

__ 15. From the Specify Host Port Identifiers (Define Host) window, enter the following parameters:
__ a. Choose an interface type: Select FC from the drop-down list.
__ b. Select Add by selecting a known unassociated host port identifier and select the fcs0
WWN of your host from the drop-down list.
__ c. Alias: Use the same alias as used on the Cisco Switch (AIXTx_fcs0, where x is your
team number) and click Add.
__ d. Move your two-Port WWN from the left using the Add button.

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__ e. Repeat steps a, b, c, and d for fcs1 WWN of your host and click Next.

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__ 16. To finish, from the Specify Host Type (Define Host) window, specify the host type. For AIX,
select AIX, and click Next.

__ 17. From the Host Group Questions (Define Host) window, check the No – This host will NOT
share access radio button, and then click Next.

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EXempty __ 18. Review the summary and finish the configuration of your host.

__ 19. Click No on the prompt to define another host.

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__ 20. Verify that your server is correctly defined in the SM v10 Mappings View.

__ 21. Click Close once you are finished.

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EXempty Part 3: Mapping an LUN to the server

Note

Now, you can continue by mapping the logical drive to the corresponding host.

__ 22. From the Mappings View window, expand the Undefined Mappings folder. You should see
all the new logical drives (LUNs) you have created.

__ 23. From the Host Mappings View window, select Undefined Mappings, and then select Add
LUN Mapping.

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__ 24. From the Define Additional Mapping window, select the following values:
__ a. Host group host: Select Host AIX Tx (replace x with your team number).
__ b. Logical unit number (LUN): Leave at default value.
__ c. Logical drive: Select Team1_Aix.
__ d. Click Add.
__ e. Click Close.

__ 25. From the Mapping View window, verify that LUN is correctly mapped to the server.

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EXempty Part 4: Verify LUN mapping from the AIX server

Note

On your server, verify that the LUN you have mapped has been discovered.

__ 26. Log on to your AIX host using PuTTY and Issue the AIX lsdev -Cc disk command to list
the disk configuration before and after the AIX device discovery cfgmgr command.

__ 27. The lsdev -Cc disk command output identifies an MPIO FC DS3500 device. Note the
hdisk number: __________________
__ 28. To display more information about the discovered disk, issue the following SDDPCM
commands:
mpio get config -Av hdiskX
(Where hdiskX is your MPIO DS3500 disk device.)

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__ 29. Execute the lspath command to identify number of paths for hdisk 1. In the below screen
capture, MPIO identifies two paths for the hdisk1 because this host is zoned for two paths
access in our environment.

__ 30. Create a volume group that is named TEAMx_VG using the MPIO hdisk. Issue the following
make volume group command:
mkvg -y TEAM1_vg hdiskx
(Where x is your hdisk#.)

__ 31. To list the physical volume, the volume group where your DS3524 disk is, issue the following:
lspv lsvg
lsvg -n hdiskx
(Where hdiskX is your MPIO DS3500 disk device.)

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EXempty __ 32. To create a logical volume and file system for the COLORVG volume group, issue the
following command (this is one long command):
crfs –v jfs –g TEAMx_vg –a size=256M –m /TEAMx_VGMP –p rw
(Replace x with your team number.)

__ 33. After the file system is created, list the volume group.
Lsvg –l TEAMx_vg
(Where hdiskX is your MPIO DS3500 disk device.)

The volume group now has a logical volume (lv00) and a mount point of TEAMx_VGMP, but
the logical volume state (LV STATE) is closed.
__ 34. To verify the file system /dev/lv00, enter the following command:
lsfs

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__ 35. To mount and list the file system, enter the following commands:
Mount /TEAMx_VGMP
df –k

__ 36. After the file system is mounted, list the volume group and review the status.
lsvg -l TEAMx_vg

Notice after the mount command has been processed, the LV STATE became open.
__ 37. Create a file to verify read/write access. Enter the following commands:
cd /TEAMx_VGMP
echo ‘Writing to DS3K’ > file1.txt ls
cat file1.txt

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EXempty Part 5: Exercise summary

At the end of this exercise, your lab configuration should be in the following state:
• DS3524 LUN mapped to your Windows server.
You have now completed all the steps of this exercise.

End of exercise

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