Provisioning Guide for VSP One Block

Version: 10.2.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-23VSP1B012-00

Overview of provisioning
Provisioning terms and concepts
System requirements for provisioning
Shared memory requirements
Cache capacity requirements
Cache capacity when using DRD-VOLs
Cache management device requirements
Command device for CCI
License requirements
User interfaces
Planning for provisioning
Dynamic drive protection
DDP features
DDP group capacity
Relationship between DDP and a pool
Pools
Pool specifications and requirements
Prerequisites for creating pools
About changing the MP unit assignment settings
Pool utilization thresholds
Pool subscription limit
About decreasing pool capacity
Formatted percentage for pool capacity
About restoring a blocked pool
Total V-VOL subscription for a pool
Server objects and host groups
Server objects
Host groups
Host groups and LU path configuration (Fibre Channel)
Host bus adapters
Host bus adapter replacement (Fibre Channel)
Host modes and host mode options
Host modes and HMOs for host-facing ports
Host modes and host mode option for the NVM subsystem
Host mode and host mode option for a port host group
Replication port host mode option
Use of Dynamic Provisioning with other software products
Interoperability with capacity saving
Interoperability with Data Retention Utility
Interoperability with global-active device
Interoperability with LUN security
Interoperability with ShadowImage
Interoperability with Thin Image Advanced
Interoperability with TrueCopy
Interoperability with Universal Replicator
Interoperability with Universal Volume Manager
Interoperability with Virtual LUN
Interoperability with Volume Migration
Interoperability with Volume Shredder
Planning for port connections
iSCSI ports
About setting hosts (iSCSI)
iSCSI interface specifications
iSCSI port settings
Network configuration for iSCSI
Multi VLAN operations with iSCSI virtual port mode
25-Gbps iSCSI channel board restrictions
Multipath configuration
25-Gbps iSCSI channel board ports
Parameter for monitoring recovery from a failure
Parameters for improving performance for 25-Gbps iSCSI
Fibre Channel ports
Available data-transfer speeds for FC ports
Addresses for Fibre Channel ports
Fibre Channel topology
About setting the T10 PI mode on a port
NVMe-oF ports
Configuration of NVMe over Fabrics
Requirements for NVMe over FC
Namespace security
Namespace security settings
Removal of an NVM subsystem or port
NVMe over FC settings
Differences between FC-SCSI and NVMe over FC settings and operations
Storage management resources
Guidelines for managing the NVM subsystem as a storage management resource
Fibre Channel port operation mode
Host groups for NVMe-oF
Host bus adapter replacement (NVMe-oF)
Redundant path for NVMe-oF
Host modes and host mode options available for NVMe over FC
Host modes and host mode option for the NVM subsystem
Host mode and host mode option for a port host group
Host NQN deletion on the NVM subsystem
Namespace and host-namespace path
NVMe/TCP ports
100-Gbps Ethernet channel board requirements
100-Gbps Ethernet channel board configuration
NVMe/TCP configuration
Host and storage systems connections
Parameters for improving performance
About writing data from a host if one of the controller boards fails
Differences between iSCSI and NVMe/TCP settings and operations
Configuration of NVMe-oF and NVMe/TCP for the host and the storage system
NVM subsystem creation
About registering a host with access permissions on the NVM subsystem
About verifying that a host recognizes the NVM subsystem
Namespace creation
About setting the host access permission to a namespace (host-namespace path)
Restrictions on verifying that a host recognizes a logical volume as a namespace
NVM subsystem port setup
Verification of the NVM configuration settings
Host mode for the NVM subsystem
Redundant path creation for NVMe-oF and NVMe/TCP
Planning for volume creation
Volumes
DRS-VOLs
DRD-VOLs
V-VOL cache initialization
Configuration of volumes in a DDP group
Pool-VOLs
Pool-VOL requirements
Estimation of the required capacity of pool-VOLs with system area in a pool with data direct mapping enabled
Virtual volumes (V-VOLs)
Virtual LUN (Effective use of volumes by creating CVs with Virtual LUN)
LDEV size calculations
Calculation of an OPEN-V volume size (CV capacity unit is MB)
Calculation of an OPEN-V volume size (CV capacity unit is blocks)
LUs
LU paths
Correspondence table for defining devices
Guidelines for managing LUs
Redundant LU paths
LU path deletion
LUN security on ports
V-VOLs
V-VOL requirements
V-VOL formatting
V-VOL protection function
V-VOLs with data direct mapping enabled
Total V-VOL subscription for a pool
Requirements for increasing V-VOL capacity
Restrictions on changing capacity saving settings
Zero page release in a V-VOL
Zero pages reclaiming
V-VOL deletion
I/O usage rates management example
Advanced data reduction and capacity saving
Capacity saving
Saving effect and software saving
Capacity saving effects for DRD-VOLs and pools
Pool capacity consumed by metadata
Pool capacity utilization restrictions
Deduplication
Compression
Compression and deduplication
Compression accelerator
How data is stored with the capacity saving function
Capacity saving status
Allowed operation for each capacity saving status
Deduplication system data volume specifications and requirements
Initialization of all deduplication-enabled DRD-VOLs in a pool
Total Efficiency Ratio and associated efficiency values
Usage planning requirements for the capacity saving function
Capacity saving storage planning considerations
About initializing the duplicated data in a pool
Copy threshold
Application of copy threshold
Background copy processing
Replication program products restrictions
Universal Replicator restrictions
Planning for power saving with Dynamic Carbon Reduction
CPU power saving
Enablement of CPU power saving
CPU load monitoring mode
FAN fine control
Power saving related software
Planning for data retention
Access attributes
Access attributes and permitted operations
Access attribute restrictions
Assignment of an access attribute to a volume
About changing an access attribute
About changing or deleting a resource group name
Planning for virtualization
Requirements for global storage virtualization
Provisioning operations for resources in a virtual storage machine
Pair operations in CCI with virtual storage machine pairs
Virtual storage machines and virtualized resources
Use of virtual storage machines for nondisruptive migration as VSSO
Use of virtual storage machines for global-active device
Provisioning workflows
Workflows for provisioning
Workflow for registering a host
Workflow for using 25-Gbps channel boards
Workflow for setting a Fibre Channel port to T10 PI
Workflow for configuring logical units (Fibre Channel)
Workflow for creating volumes
Workflow for configuring CHAP users
Workflows for provisioning NVMe over FC
Workflow for configuring a resource group for NVMe-oF
Workflow for configuring a Fibre Channel port with which the NVM subsystem communicates
Workflow for creating a host group for NVMe-oF
Workflow for creating and configuring the NVM subsystem
Workflow for creating, configuring, and adding a volume (namespace)
Workflow for creating a redundant path for NVMe-oF
Workflow for managing the NVM subsystem and a namespace
Workflow for adding a namespace and a host-namespace path
Workflows for provisioning NVMe/TCP
Workflow for editing NVMe/TCP settings
Workflow for creating and configuring the NVM subsystem
Workflow for setting up an NVM subsystem port
Workflow for creating, configuring, and adding a volume (namespace)
Workflow for creating a redundant path
Workflow for managing hosts
Workflow for migrating V-VOL data
Workflow for restoring V-VOL backup data
Workflow for ending the use of a DRD-VOL
Workflow for deleting a DRD-VOL
Workflow for performing a health check
Workflow for Dynamic Carbon Reduction CPU power saving
Data retention workflows
Workflow for setting a data retention policy
Workflow for deleting a data retention policy
Virtual machine workflows
Workflow for configuring virtual machines
Workflow for modifying virtual machine settings
Workflow for deleting a virtual LDEV number
Workflow for disabling the virtualization management setting for LDEVs
Workflow for deleting a virtual storage machine
Troubleshooting for provisioning
SIMs for Dynamic Provisioning
Troubleshooting Dynamic Provisioning
Actions to take when SIM 680001 is output
Initializing a volume identified by the SSB error code and the associated volumes if a V-VOL is not a deduplication system data volume (SIM code 680001)
Methods for verifying whether an error occurs on other DP-VOLs with capacity saving enabled (SIM code 680001)
Verification of an error occurrence
Estimated processing time for health check
Troubleshooting Data Retention Utility
Troubleshooting CPU power saving
Troubleshooting applied when using CCI
Troubleshooting configuration reports
Parameter ranges for CCI options
Parameter ranges for CCI options
Configuration reports
Outputting a configuration report
MicroVersion.csv report
DkcInfo.csv report
CacheInfo.csv report
Ppinfo.csv report
Pkinfo.csv report
Smfundat.csv report
ChaStatus.csv report
DkaStatus.csv report
DeviceEquipInfo.csv report
HduInfo.csv report
SsdDriveInfo.csv report
EnvMonInfo.csv report
DkuTempInfo.csv report
CTLInfo.csv report
Notices
LZ4 Library

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