Storage System Configuration and Management

1. Storage System Configuration and Management Upon completion of this module, you should be able to: Configure SP Networking Validate SP Write Cache Configuration Storage System Configuration and Management

2. Storage System Configuration and Management Lesson 1: Configuring SP Networking During this lesson the following topics are covered: Configure VNX management ports Configure VNX FC ports Configure VNX iSCSI ports Configure VNX FCoE ports Storage System Configuration and Management

3. Locating System Hardware Storage System Configuration and Management

4. Configuring SP Management Ports: Storage Hardware Right-click on the SP and Virtual port to launch the SP Network Properties Storage System Configuration and Management

5. Configuring SP Management Ports from Settings Storage System Configuration and Management

6. Locating iSCSi Ports Right-click to launch iSCSI Port Properties Storage System Configuration and Management

7. Configuring iSCSI Ports Supply the IP address, Gateway and Subnet Mask in the IPv4 Configuration field Storage System Configuration and Management

8. Locating FCoE Port Properties Storage System Configuration and Management

9. Configuring FCoE Ports Storage System Configuration and Management

10. iSCSI Front-end Port Properties Storage System Configuration and Management

11. FCoE Front-end Port Properties Storage System Configuration and Management

12. Storage System Configuration and Management Lesson 1: Summary During this lesson the following topics were covered: Configuration of SP management interfaces Setup of FC, iSCSI, and FCoE ports for block data access Storage System Configuration and Management

13. Storage System Configuration and Management Lesson 2: Enabling SP Cache During this lesson the following topics are covered: Describe the benefitsof VNX MultiCore Cache VerifythatWrite Cache isenabled Storage System Configuration and Management

14. VNX Multicore Adaptive Cache • Data written to cache • Data is copied to disk • Data kept in memory Storage System Configuration and Management

15. Benefits of VNX Multicore Cache Storage System Configuration and Management

16. Multicore Cache: Write Cache Option • Write Cache enabled (default) • Writes are acknowledged once accepted into cache (and mirrored) • Write Cache disabled • Writes directly to disk • Writes are only acknowledged when written to disk • Unchecking Write Cache will have significantly negative impact on performance EMC recommends Write Cache always be enabled Storage System Configuration and Management

17. Storage System Configuration and Management Lesson 2: Summary During this lesson the following topics were covered: Multicore Cached provides benefits of Adaptive Cache, Dynamic Watermarks, Flushing and Write Throttling VNX Write Cache in enabled, by default, and provides dynamic operations to benefit performance Storage System Configuration and Management

18. Summary Key points covered in this module: • Unisphere wizards for Network settings can be used to configure SP management ports • Block data ports for iSCSI, FC, and FCoE can be managed by navigating through Unisphere to Settings > Network > Settings for Block • VNX Multicore Cache in enabled by default and dynamically adjusts to provide optimal performance Storage System Configuration and Management