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June 17th, 2014 07:00
VPLEX/VNX configuration with multiple storage groups
I have a VNX 5700 with 4 ports per SP and a 4 engine VPLEX. The code level we are running (won't be updated at this time) on the VNX has a limit of 1024 LUNs per storage group so we need 2 storage groups. Would it be recommended to share the VNX ports across storage groups like configuration A or isolate them like configuration B below? What is best practice?
configuration A:
vnx storage group a
vplex engine X dir A BE fc00 -> vnx sp a0/a2/b0/b2 (Fabric A - Zone A)
vplex engine X dir A BE fc01 -> vnx sp a1/a3/b1/b3 (Fabric B - Zone B)
vplex engine X dir B BE fc00 -> vnx sp a0/a2/b0/b2 (Fabric A - Zone C)
vplex engine X dir B BE fc01 -> vnx sp a1/a3/b1/b3 (Fabric B - Zone D)
same for all 4 engines
vnx storage group b
vplex engine X dir A BE fc02 -> vnx sp a0/a2/b0/b2 (Fabric A - Zone E)
vplex engine X dir A BE fc03 -> vnx sp a1/a3/b1/b3 (Fabric B - Zone F)
vplex engine X dir B BE fc02 -> vnx sp a0/a2/b0/b2 (Fabric A - Zone G)
vplex engine X dir B BE fc03 -> vnx sp a1/a3/b1/b3 (Fabric B - Zone H)
same for all 4 engines
configuration B:
vnx storage group a
vplex engine X dir A BE fc00 -> vnx sp a0/b0 (Fabric A - Zone A)
vplex engine X dir A BE fc01 -> vnx sp a1/b1 (Fabric B - Zone B)
vplex engine X dir B BE fc00 -> vnx sp a0/b0 (Fabric A - Zone C)
vplex engine X dir B BE fc01 -> vnx sp a1/b1 (Fabric B - Zone D)
same for all 4 engines
vnx storage group b
vplex engine X dir A BE fc02 -> vnx sp a2/b2 (Fabric A - Zone E)
vplex engine X dir A BE fc03 -> vnx sp a3/b3 (Fabric B - Zone F)
vplex engine X dir B BE fc02 -> vnx sp a2/b2 (Fabric A - Zone G)
vplex engine X dir B BE fc03 -> vnx sp a3/b3 (Fabric B - Zone H)
same for all 4 engines
pdxschverigs
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June 18th, 2014 06:00
Any thoughts on this? I am assuming that configuration A would be the recommended configuration so have the recommended 4 active paths (4 active/4 passive) per director.
srijithv
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December 12th, 2014 07:00
I would suggest Configuration A, keeping in mind to have maximum redundancy.
I have similar setup in my environment not for have multiple Storage groups but to connect one VPLEX cluster to multiple fabric.