Introduction
To map storage volumes to the Hyper-V cluster, perform the following tasks, as described in this section:
- Create a zone configuration.
- Create a zone alias to easily manage the zone configuration.
- Create zones.
- Enable the zone configuration.
- Create a storage pool.
- Add the host to the Unity 400 storage.
- Create a LUN and map it to the host.
Create and enable a zone configuration:
- In Web Tools, select the switch from the Fabric tree.
- Click Configure, and then click Zone Admin.
- In Zone Administration, from the New list box, select New Zone Config.
- In the Create New Config dialog box, type a name for the new configuration, and then click OK.
Create a zone alias:
- In Web Tools, select the switch from the Fabric tree.
- Click Configure > Zone Admin.
- In the Zone Administration window, from the New list box, click New Alias.
- In the Create New Alias dialog box, type a name for the new alias and click OK.
For example, server ports, storage ports.
- Expand the Member Selection List to view the nested elements.
- Click the ports that are connected.
- Click the World Wide Name (WWN) of the card, and then click the right arrow to add the WWN to alias members.
- Repeat the preceding steps to create an alias for all the servers and storage physical ports and virtual ports.
- Click Action > Save Config to save the configuration changes.
Note: You can also view the WWN of the servers from the iDRAC console.
Create zones:
- In Web Tools, select the switch from the Fabric tree.
- Click Configure > Zone Admin.
- In the Zone Administration window, from the New list box, click New Zone.
- In the Create New Zone dialog box, type a name for the new zone, and click OK.
- Expand Member Selection List to view the nested elements.
- In Member Selection List, select the storage virtual ports and server ports alias that you want to include in the zone.
- Click the right arrow to add the zone members to the zone alias.
- Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.
- Repeat the preceding steps to create zones for all the servers and storage virtual ports.
Enable the zone configuration:
- In Web Tools, select the switch from the Fabric tree.
- Click Configure > Zone Admin.
- In the Zone Administration window, click the Zone Config tab.
- Expand Member Selection List to view the nested elements.
- In Member Selection List, select the zones that you have created.
- Click the right arrow to add the zones.
- Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.
- On the toolbar, click Enable Config.
- In the Choose Zone Config to be enabled dialog box, select the config, and click OK.
- Click Yes to confirm that you want to enable the configuration.
The Brocade switch for SAN connectivity is configured and enabled.
Creating a storage pool
Create a storage pool:
- Log in to the Unisphere DBUnity 400 dashboard.
- In the left panel, go to Storage > Pools, and click the plus sign (+).
- In the Create Pool window, type the name of the pool and then click Next.
- Select the type of tier from the available options—Extreme Performance, Performance, and Capacity.
- Select Use FAST Cache if you want to enable FAST cache for this pool.
- Select a RAID configuration for the drives.
- Click Next.
- In the Summary window, select the drives to be included in the pool.
- Verify the total capacity of the pool.
- Click Finish.
Adding the host to the Unity 400
Add the host to the Unity 400:
- Log in to the Unisphere DBUnity 400 dashboard.
- In the left panel, go to Access > Hosts, click the plus sign (+), and then select Host.
- In the Add a Host window, type the following details:
- Hostname
- Operating system
- Network address (IP of the host)
- Click Next.
- In the Initiators window, select Initiator WWN, and then click Next.
- In the Summary window, click Finish.
Creating a LUN and mapping it to the host
Create a LUN and map it to the host:
- Log in to the Unisphere DBUnity 400 dashboard.
- In the left panel, go to Storage > Block, and click the plus sign (+).
The Create LUN window opens.
- In the Configure tab, type or select the following details:
- Number of LUNs
- Name of the LUN
- Pool (select the pool that you created from the list of pools)
- Tiering policy (choose one of the options—Start High Then Auto-Tier, Highest Available Tier, and Lowest Available Tier)
- Size of the pool
- Host I/O limit (select No Limit)
- In the Access tab, click the plus sign (+).
- In the Select Host Access window, select the hostname that you configured earlier.
- Click OK.
- Click Next.
- In the Summary window, click Finish.