HP StorageWorks 6400/8400 - Enterprise Virtual Array

MPX200 FCIP product description ............................................................................................. 113
Redundant FCIP network structure example ................................................................................. 114
Using FCIP to encapsulate FC packets ....................................................................................... 114
FCIP Impact on existing iSCSI configurations .............................................................................. 114
FCIP and iSCSI performance .................................................................................................... 116
MPX200 iSCSI/FCIP configurations ........................................................................................... 116
HP Continuous Access EVA 3–site configurations .................................................................. 121
3-site configuration with four MPX200 routers ................................................................ 122
3-site configuration with six MPX200 routers .................................................................. 122
3-site configuration with eight MPX200 routers .............................................................. 123
3-site configuration with six MPX200 routers and full inter-site connectivity ......................... 124
Configuration rules and guidelines ..................................................................................... 125
General configuration rules ......................................................................................... 125
Operating system and multipath support ....................................................................... 126
EVA storage system rules and guidelines ....................................................................... 126
Fibre Channel switch and firmware support ................................................................... 126
IP performance tuning ............................................................................................................. 128
Distance ......................................................................................................................... 128
Bandwidth ....................................................................................................................... 128
Latency ........................................................................................................................... 128
MTU/Jumbo frames .......................................................................................................... 128
Compression ................................................................................................................... 129
TCP window size/scaling performance tuning ...................................................................... 129
Modifying the window size and scaling factor ..................................................................... 129
TCP window size recommendations .................................................................................... 130
Configuring an FCIP route ........................................................................................................ 133
Step 1. Verify your system requirements ............................................................................... 133
Step 2. Pre-installation checklist .......................................................................................... 133
Step 3. Rack-mount the MPX200 ........................................................................................ 134
Step 4. Install the SFPs ...................................................................................................... 134
Step 5. Set the MPX200 management port parameters ......................................................... 134
Step 6. Configure the MPX200 FCIP Route parameters .......................................................... 136
Install FCIP license ..................................................................................................... 136
Critical FCIP Performance settings ................................................................................ 136
Configure the FCIP routes using the CLI ......................................................................... 137
Step 7. Configure FC switch settings for the MPX200 ............................................................. 137
Step 8. Cable the MPX200 FC, GE and management ports ................................................... 138
Step 9. Verify FCIP links and firmware version ...................................................................... 138
6 Offline Data Migration ................................................................... 139
Features overview ................................................................................................................... 139
Feature details ........................................................................................................................ 140
Job scheduling ................................................................................................................. 140
Immediate schedule ................................................................................................... 140
Delayed schedule ...................................................................................................... 140
Serial schedule .......................................................................................................... 140
Data migration job groups ................................................................................................. 141
Array properties ............................................................................................................... 141
Protection ........................................................................................................................ 142
Data migration jobs .......................................................................................................... 142
Data migration job attributes ....................................................................................... 142
Data migration job states ............................................................................................ 143
Data migration job commands .................................................................................... 143
Logs ............................................................................................................................... 143
MPX200 Multifunction Router 5