3PAR Oveview of Hardware and Architect 2.3.1

8/3/2019 3PAR Oveview of Hardware and Architect 2.3.1

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3PAR Customer Training:Software/Hardware

Overview


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Course Objectives

At the end of this presentation the student should be able

to :

Explain the basics of 3PARs architecture

Know the numbering schemes for the InServ hardwarecomponents

Understand concepts connecting hosts to a 3PAR

Node

Explain how an InServ node precesses write and readrequests from a host


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3PAR Value Proposition + InServ Hardware

Section Content covers:

3PAR Overview and Value Proposition

InServ InSpire Architecture

InServ Nodes

InServ drive chassis and cages

InServ storage capacities

InServ numbering schemes for nodes, cages, PCI slotsfor T Series


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3PAR offers a smart, thin, and readytiered-storage array for resilient utility

computing.

Ideal for consolidation, data lifecycle

management, and performance-intensive applications.

What we do


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F200 F400 T400 T800

Controller Nodes 2 2 4 2 4 2 8

3PAR Gen3 ASIC Yes Yes Yes Yes

Fibre Channel Host Ports

Optional iSCSI Host Ports

Built-in Remote Copy Ports

0 120 8

2

0 240 16

2 4

0 640 16

2 4

0 1280 32

2 8

GBs Control CacheGBs Data Cache

812

8-1612-24

8-1624-48

8-3224-96

Disk Drives 16 - 192 16 - 384 16 640 16 1,280

Drive Types 146GB, 300GB,400GB FC and/or

1TB NL

146GB, 300GB,400GB FC and/or

1TB NL


750GB, 1TB NL


750GB, 1TB NL

Max Capacity 125TB 250TB 300TB 600TB

Throughput/

IOPS (from disk)

1,300 (MB/s) /

46,800

2,600 (MB/s) /

93,600

3,200 (MB/s) /

156,000

6,400 (MB/s) /

312,000

SPC-1 BenchmarkResults

SPC-1 TBD 224,990

SPC-1 IOPS

3PAR InServ Storage ServersScalability


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Redundant Power

Supplies (Drive Cage)

Drive MagazineRedundant Power

Supplies

Backplane

Redundant Batteries

Redundant PDUs

Drive Chassis (4U)

Controller Node

(4U)

Service Processor

Cabinet

Cabinet

Standard 19 rack footprint

40 EIA units

Built-in cable management

No Need to reserve for expansion

3PAR InSpire architecture: Cabinet


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Hardware Product Structure for T-Series

InServT400

InServT800

InServ Storage Server BaseConfigurations (T400/T800)

Backplane, Two Controllers, One 2MCabinet (w/ PDUs)

3PAR ControllerNode

ControlCache

DataCache

3PAR Drive Chassis &Drive Magazines

40-Disk, 4 Gb/s4 x 400 10K(4Gb)

4 x 146 15K (4Gb)

4 x 750 (4Gb) NL

1 Magazine = 4 x DrivesPackaged as 4 x XXXGB DRIVE MAGAZINE

Adapters

(FC,iSCSI,GigE)

Talk to your SE or AE inregards to what drivesare currently available


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2 to 8 per System

Add non-disruptively

Performance building block

Max host-facing adapters

Up to 4 if direct connect only

Up to 3 if mixed SAN connect

Controller Node(s)Dual-CoreXeon

2.3GHz

Dual-Core

Xeon

2.3GHz

3PAR

Gen3

ASIC

3PAR InSpire architecture: T-Class Controller Node

I/O per node

3 PCI-X buses/ 6 PCI-X slots

Preferred slot usage (in order)

Slots 0 and 2 for disk-

facing adapters Slots 5, 3, 1, and 4 for FC

host-facing or RCFCadapters

Slots 3, 1, 4 for iSCSIadapters


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3PAR InSpire Architecture: Drive Chassis (DC3)

Above Drive Chassis contains one drive cage Each cage contains 10 drive bays

Each drive bay accommodates a single drive magazine

A drive magazine holds four disks


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InSpire Architecture : Data Flow

When two nodes have write in Cache host can be

Acknowledged


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InServ Numbering Systems

The Administrator should know the numbering

systems for:

Nodes

Drive Chassis

Drive Magazines

PCI slots

General Rule: Top = Starts with 0

Left = Starts with 0


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Node Numbering

For Example:

If a T800 hasonly TWO

nodes then

they arelocated at thebottom ofcabinet and

numbered 6and 7

D

T800 - Front

SP

0 1

0

C

B

A

2 3

4 5

6 7

T400 - Front

D

0 1

C

B

A

2 3

F

E

SP


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Fibre Channel and PCI Slot Numbering

Referencing a port on a node = Node #:PCI slot:port #

Note Numbering Exception: Fibre Channel top starts with 1

3:3:2

Node 3

On the T series node

there is a dedicatedslot for GIGE which is

slot 6


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Review Questions for Section 1

1. What functions does the InServ eagle or osprey chip

perform?

2. How many drive magazines in an InServ drive chassis?

3. If an InServ only has two nodes, what are there numbers

if it is an T400? If it is an T800?

4. What are the hot pluggable items on an InServ?

5. How do you reference a port on a node?

6. What has to happen before 3PAR acknowledges a hostWrite?


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