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Agenda 1 Storage Trends • • • DAS (Direct Attached Storage) NAS (Network Attached Storage) SAN (Storage Area Network) 2 Benefits of Net. Ware® as a storage platform 3 i. SCSI the solution for testing and training Clustering 4 Configuring i. SCSI storage – Demo 5 Installing Novell Cluster Services™ (NCS) – Demo 6 Creating and migrating Cluster resources - Demo 7 Novell ATT courses

Storage Today—DAS, NAS, and SAN • • Netware Windows NT/2 K Companies are detaching storage from servers to manage escalating storage needs This means deploying NAS and SAN technologies • Storage area networks and network attached storage require 75% less personnel to maintain than traditional direct attached storage Linux/Unix Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Netware Windows NT/2 K Network Attached Storage (NAS) Linux/Unix NAS Storage Windows NT/2 K FC Switch Netware Linux/Unix Storage Area Network (SAN)

The Problem with DAS Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Data is bound to the server hosting the disk Netware Windows NT/2 K Linux/Unix Expanding the storage may mean purchasing and managing another server Storage is often provisioned badly In heterogeneous environments, management is complicated

NAS Issues Network Attached Storage (NAS) Each appliance represents a larger island of storage Netware Windows NT/2 K NAS Linux/Unix Data is bound to the NAS device hosting the disk and cannot be accessed if the system hosting the drive fails Storage is laborintensive and thus expensive

Benefits of SANs Storage Area Network (SAN) Server Consolidation Storage Flexibility and Management Windows NT/2 K LAN Free backup and archive SAN Switch Netware Linux/Unix Modern data protection (change from traditional tape backup to snap-shot, archive, geographically separate mirrored storage)

Storage Area Networks (SANs) • Result of applying core networking principles to storage • Retains the flexible topologies, scalability and dynamic behavior of networks • Servers are attached to 2 distinct networks • Back-end – servers connect to storage devices • • Servers become clients of storage devices Front-end – Unchanged LAN • Clients see the SAN as DAS (Direct Attached Storage)

Key Benefits of Net. Ware 6 as a Storage Platform Totally scalable, high-performing, feature-rich, distributed SAN file system: Novell Storage Services™ (NSS) • • • Up to 8 TB volumes (no limit to the number of volumes) Journaling Compression Open file backup support Mirroring and striping Disk quotas Volume pooling and junctions High integrity volumes-flush cache on close Shared disk support for better SAN integration XML-based management infrastructure

Key Benefits of Net. Ware 6 as a Storage Platform (cont. ) Native support for all major client access methods • Novell clients (NCP) • Windows clients (CIFS) • Unix clients (NFS) • Macintosh clients (AFP) • Web and Internet clients (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and Web. DAV)

Key Benefits of Net. Ware 6 as a Storage Platform (cont. ) Highly-scalable, load-balancing, directory-enabled clustering environment • • Up to 32 servers in an all-active cluster Fan-out failover for load balancing on failover Transparent failover Enhanced cluster resource management Integrated with e. Directory™ Intelligent cluster volume operations Built in cluster volume manager allows for dynamic volume changes in the SAN without rebooting any servers

Novell Cluster Services Net. Ware 6 Storage Area Network (SAN) • General purpose backup for all SAN data • No more zoning off portions of the SAN for specific operating systems • No need to learn and deploy multiple clustering solutions • No more misprovisioned disks on servers or NAS devices Netware 6 Cluster Windows, Mac, Unix, and Novell clients Windows NT/2 K App Server Linux/Unix App Servers

So, get a SAN!

NTS problem We can’t teach a clustering course on enterprise equipment because the hardware is too expensive and too heavy.

i. SCSI to the rescue • Any computer that meets NW 6 hardware requirements can become a SAN storage device • Use existing servers as your shared storage. i. SCSI can run as an additional service. • i. SCSI on Gigabit Ethernet Hardware is a fraction of the cost of a full Fibre Channel SAN solution. • i. SCSI is slower but even cheaper on 100 Mb.

Before and After BEFORE 950 LB server rack for 12 students AFTER 4 laptops and a hub for 2 or 3 students

i. SCSI Software Stack • Target (storage server) appears as local storage device to Initiator(s) • Initiator(s) are storage clients that connect to the target server Target Initiators

i. SCSI Software Stack i. SCSI Target: iscsitar. nlm Ton. ncf Target controller Batch file to load target Toff, ncf Batch file to unload target i. SCSI Initiator: iscsinit. nlm iscsiham. ham ion. ncf, Initiator controller Net. Ware HAM driver Batch file to load initiator ioff. ncf Batch file to unload initiator i. SCSI common files: iscsilib. nlm iscsinrm. nlm ioctl. nlm Iscsixml. nlm i. SCSI common functions Novell Remote Manager plugin interface functions XML interface module red_flag. gif Novell Remote Manager icons green_flag. gif yellow_flag. gif

i. SCSI Target Create a single i. SCSI partition on target machine. Load iscsi target (ton. ncf) on the target machine. It will display the GUID of the i. SCSI partition.

i. SCSI initiator(s) • Load SCSIHD. CDM if not already loaded. • Run ION. NCF (loads files) • Use No. RM or command line to connect to Target (ip address) • • • In No. RM, select Storage Services -> i. SCSI Services. Click on the New Session button and enter the ip address of your target. Or at the command line, enter: iscsinit connect View the available disk: • • • In No. RM: Manage Server->Volumes->Disk Partitions Command line: list devices Console. One: Properties of server->media tab->devices

i. SCSI initiator(s) – • (Continued) Initialize the iscsi disk, make it sharable & create an NSS partition using Console. One® or No. RM. • You don’t have to use all the space available. • Create a Pool on your newly created partition. • Create a volume(s) in your pool. • If users will need file access Cluster Enable the Volume • • Chose access protocols - NCP, CIFS, AFP Mount the volume

No. RM interface

Demonstration 1 2 3 Loading Target Loading Initiators Setting up i. SCSI partition Connect to Target Command line No. RM 4 5 Install Novell Cluster Services Confirming all Initiators see the target device List Devices Console. One 6 Create Cluster Enabled Volume Create a Cluster Resource

ATT Courses Novell Advanced Technical Training classes www. novell. com/registernow/ Troubleshooting Deployment • Advanced Dir. XML® • Net. Ware 6. 5 First Class • Advanced Net. Ware 6 Services and Troubleshooting • Novell Cluster Services • Advanced e. Directory 8. 7 • i. Chain® • Novell Nsure Technical Workshop • ZENworks for Servers • Group. Wise® 6. 5 • ZENworks® for Desktops 4 (4 Day Course)

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