1、Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,PRIMERGY Entry Service,Modular RAID,Embedded SATA RAID solution,ModularRAID IME, ModularRAID 5/6,Overview Implementations in next generation PRIMERGYs Embedded SATA RAID solution Modular RAID IME solution Modular RAID 5/6 solution Embedded S

2、ATA,Modular RAID IME solution 1,Modular RAID 5/6 solution Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,RAID solution optional RAID5 iButton,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,2,2,Embedded SATA RAID solution,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2

3、009,3,3,Modular RAID IME - 5/6,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,4,Overview - Usage Usage of Modular RAID modules as, ,SATA RAID Entry RAID High-end RAID, Parallel usage of different HDD form factors, ,3.5“ HDDs 2.5“ HDDs dont mix 2.5“ and 3.5“ HDDs HDD cages allocation max.

4、 2x 3.5“ HDDs max. 8x 2.5“ HDDs,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,5,Overview - Usage,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,6,Overview - Number of HDDs,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,7,Overview - Controller form factor,Copyrigh

5、t Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,8,Advantages Old RAID strategy Embedded MegaRAID (ICH7R / ESB2) + opt. iButton IME (LSI SAS 1068) RoMB Brockton (LSI SAS 300-8E) Altair (LSI SAS 8308ELP) Aldebaran (LSI SAS LSI 8408E) ZCR-SAS (LSI SAS 8300XLP) Perseus (LSI SAS 8344ELP) external subs

6、ystems only New Modular RAID Embedded MegaRAID (ICHxR / ESB2) + opt. iButton Modular RAID IME (LSI SAS 1064e / 1068e) Modular RAID 5/6 (LSI SAS 1078) Perseus (LSI SAS 8344ELP) external subsystems only Reduction of RAID complexity,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,9,Advantage

7、s Reduction of test time and effort better RAID quality reduction of overhead costs Manufacturing of controllers within FTS faster reaction to customer needs faster reaction to HW changes Interchangeability between different PRIMERGYs high flexibility for customers less spare parts to be held in sto

8、ck Image Compatibility between LSI-based Modular RAID controllers Unified RAID management tool by FTS ServerView RAID for all RAID solutions,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,10,Technical details Identical form factor for both SAS RAID modules PCIe Low Profile card with stan

9、dard PCIe and SAS x4 connectors Uses a Standard PCIe Slot in PRIMERGY SAS initiator chip (1064e/1068e/1078) supports up to 8 disks (w/o expander) RAID module with build-in memory (256 or 512 MB versions available) Support for SATA and SAS HDDs Support for SAS backup devices,Copyright Fujitsu Technol

10、ogy Solutions, Release April 2009,11,Technical details SATA RAID LSI embedded RAID on initiator in Southbridge (ICHxR / ESB2 / ESB2T) implementation on motherboard RAID 0 / 1 / 10 / optional RAID 5 (enabled by iButton) support of SATA HDDs only Entry RAID LSI IME for SAS initiator on LSI SAS 1064e /

11、 1068e Chip RAID module for internal disks RAID 0 / 1 / 1E support of SATA and SAS HDDs High-end RAID LSI MegaRAID for LSI SAS 1078 Chip (fully featured RAID) RAID module for internal disks RAID 0 / 1 / 10 / 5 / 50 / 6 / 60 RoC based implementation (RAID on Chip) support of SATA and SAS HDDs,cache,C

12、ache,iBBU,iBBU,12,Technical details,CLI,SNMP,ServerVIEW RAID StorLIB / IR,MegaSR SATA RAID,IME,MegaRAID,ICHxR ESBII,1068 module,RX600S4 Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,SATA,SAS,SAS,SATA SAS,PRIMERGY,1078 module FTS key incl. R6,1078 module FTS key incl. R6,FTS key,R5,CD/DV

13、DSATA,SAS tape SATA,Intel,FTS,LSI,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,13,Modular RAID IME solution - D2507 Lynx for tape devices SFF8087 (4x Mini SAS) for internal connection SFF8087 (4x Mini SAS),Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,14,Modular RAID IME s

14、olution - D2507 Lynx Naming convention Modular IME solution D2507 (codename: Lynx) Supports RAID levels 0 / 1 / 1E RAID basic functionalities max. 8 disks per array plus 2 additional global hot spare drives max. 10 disks per controller (12 disks are planned for future firmware releases) max. 2 array

15、s PCIe x4 interface (mechanical x8) with Mini SAS connectors LSI 1068e - 8 port SAS / SATA chip D2507-A1 LSI 1064e - 4 port SAS / SATA chip D2507-B1,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,15,Modular RAID IME solution - D2507 Lynx SAS-tape support Expander support DDF structure co

16、mpatible to modular RAID (D2516 codename: Cougar) Data migration possible in the future (not in first release) Configuration via ServerView RAID,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,16,Modular RAID 5/6 solution - D2516 Cougar for internal connection SFF8087 (4x Mini SAS) for in

17、ternal connection SFF8087 (4x Mini SAS),Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,17,Modular RAID 5/6 solution - D2516 Cougar Naming convention Modular RAID solution D2516 (codename: Cougar) Supports RAID levels 0 / 1 / 10 / 5 / 50 / 6 / 60 RAID basic functionalities max. 32 disks p

18、er array max. 128 arrays PCIe x4 interface (mechanical x8) via Mini SAS connectors LSI RAID on Chip (RoC) 1078 LSI 1078 - 8 port SAS / SATA chip. 256 MB Cache D2516-A1 LSI 1078 - 8 port SAS / SATA chip. 512 MB Cache D2516-B1 No tape or optical device support!,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions,

19、Release April 2009,18,Modular RAID 5/6 solution - D2516 Cougar Improved performance 256MB or 512MB cache Hardware based RAID ASIC Expander support DDF structure compatible to modular RAID (D2507 Lynx) Data migration possible in the future (not in first release) iBBU option iBBU is mounted with an ad

20、apter plate somewhere in the PRIMERGY Configuration via ServerView RAID,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,19,Modular RAID 5/6 solution - RX600 S4 to internal connection SFF8087 (4x Mini SAS),Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,20,Modular RAID 5/6 solut

21、ion - RAID 6 RAID 6 is like a RAID 5 with a 2nd independent distributed parity scheme 2 drives can fail without data loss P and Q blocks are build based on Galois Field equations,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,21,Modular RAID 5/6 solution - RAID 6 status Optimal All drive

22、s belonging to the VD are online,Virtual Disk is fully redundant, Partially-Degraded Virtual Disk can survive the loss of one drive Degraded Virtual Disk cannot survive the loss of any other drive,Virtual Disk is not redundant, Offline Virtual Disk is not available,Disks may have lost data and array

23、 may be inconsistent,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,22,Modular RAID 5/6 solution - RAID 6 status Rebuild,Concurrent loss of 2 HDDs in a RAID 6, 2 rebuilds required (serialized rebuild for each replaced HDD) Available hot spare HDDs will be used in a “one after the other”

24、way No simultaneous rebuild of 2 lost HDDs Performance,RAID 6 is about 10% slower than RAID 5, Theoretical estimation as no real-world data are currently available,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,23,Backup strategy Step 1 - Support of parallel SCSI tape drives (Q4 / 2007)

25、Tape drives DDS Gen6 Entry LTO, LTO3HH* LTO4FH*, *Half height *Full height, Controller Adaptec ASC-29320LPE (Colonial) PCI eXpress x1 Released for all PRIMERGYs Single Channel Ultra 320 SCSI HBA Internal or external drives allowed,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,24,Backup

26、strategy Step 2 - Support of USB tape drives Tape drives DDS Gen5 DDS Gen6 Drives connected to USB connector on motherboard,Backup strategy Step 3 - Support of SAS tape drives (Q1 / 2008) Tape drives LTO4HH LTO4FH Controllers Modular IME - D2507-A1 and D2507-B1 (Lynx 4/8), LSI SAS3442E-R (SAS HBA),L

27、SI SAS3442E-R Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,to internal SAS tapes SFF8484 (Multi-lane),to external SAS tapes SFF8470 (Infiniband) 25,LSI Modular IME D2507 (Lynx),Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,26,Configurations,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Sol

28、utions, Release April 2009,27,Implementation - RX100 S5 Board layout A: SATA (South Bridge), B: LSI 1064E,A,B,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,28,Implementation - RX100 S5 Chassis Overview Embedded MegaRAID used for SATA HDDs Onboard IME solution (LSI 1064e) No Modular IME

29、solution cheaper,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,29,Implementation - RX100 S5 HDD layout 2x 3.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS) or 4x 2.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS),2 x 3.5” Hot-plug HDD 4 x 2.5” Hot-plug HDD,Front View Front View,iBBU,PSU,module,board,(LP / half-length PCIE-x4),SAS RAID CARD,

30、Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,30,card,Modular,Implementation - RX200 S4 iBBU for RAID,module,LP / half-length PCI,Raid card 650W Redundant PSU 650W Redundant PSU STD / half-length PCI Riser-,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,31,Implementation - R

31、X200 S4 Chassis overview Modular IME solution No standard PCIe slot used (2 slots free) MR PCIe slot is integrated on board as proprietary slot Modular RAID solution No PCIe slot used (2 Slots free) MR PCIe slot is integrated on board as proprietary slot Embedded MegaRAID solution Used for SATA HDDs

32、 Modular RAID slot is not used,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,32,Implementation - RX200 S4 HDD layout 2x 3.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS) or,4x 2.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS),2 x 3.5” Hot-plug HDD 4 x 2.5” Hot-plug HDD,Front View Front View,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release A

33、pril 2009,33,Implementation - RX300 S4 Chassis overview Modular IME Solution (LSI 1068e) Lowest PCIe slot used Modular RAID Solution (LSI 1078) Lowest PCIe slot used,34,Implementation - RX300 S4 HDD layout, ,6x 3.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS) or 6x 2.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS) or 12x 2.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS),6 x 3.5

34、” Hot-plug HDD 12 x 2.5” Hot-plug HDD Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,Front View Front View,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,35,Implementation - RX600 S4 Chassis overview Modular RAID Solution (LSI 1078) Intel specific modular RAID solution Specia

35、l PCIe slot in chassis High-end Solution for high-end system,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,36,Implementation - RX600 S4 HDD Layout Only 8x 2.5“ HDDs,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,37,Implementation - TX200 S4 Chassis overview Modular IME Solut

36、ion (LSI 1068e) Lowest PCIe slot used Modular RAID Solution (LSI 1078) Lowest PCIe slot used,38,Implementation - TX200 S4 HDD Layout, ,4x 3.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS) or 8x 2.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS), ,2x 3.5“ SATA / SAS HDDs or Only available with internal 3.5“ HDDs 2x 3.5“ media bays used 8x 2.5“ SAS HDDs O

37、nly available with internal 2.5“ HDDs 2x 3.5“ media bays used Additional LSI 1078 (Cougar),required,8 x 2.5” Hot-plug 4 x 3.5” Hot-plug Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,Front View Optional HDD extension box,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,39,Imple

38、mentation - TX300 S4 Chassis overview Modular IME Solution (LSI 1068e) Lowest PCIe slot used Modular RAID Solution (LSI 1078) Lowest PCIe slot used,Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,40,Implementation - TX300 S4 HDD Layout 6x 3.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS) or 6x 2.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS

39、) or 12x 2.5“ HDDs (SATA / SAS) Optional HDD extension box 2x 3.5“ SATA / SAS HDDs or Only available with internal 3.5“ HDDs 2x 3.5“ media bays used,8x 2.5“SATA / SAS HDDs Only available with internal 2.5“ HDDs 2x 3.5“ media bays used Additional LSI 1078 (Cougar) required, Redundant PSU required,6 x

40、 3.5” Hot-plug,12 x 2.5” Hot-plug,1st Tape,Configuration,2nd Tape,Configuration,41,SAS cabling 3.5”,optional HDD expansion box backplane Copyright Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Release April 2009,standard system backplane,TX150 S6 (3.5”) Lynx/8 Cougar Lynx/8 Lynx/4 Cougar Lynx/8,TX200 S4 (3.5”) Lynx/8 Cougar Lynx/8 Lynx/4 Cougar Lynx/8,TX300 S4 (3.5”) Lynx/8 Cougar Lynx/8 Lynx/4 Cougar Lynx/8,Basic,Configuration,Configuration,with Expansio