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Client sees one hdisk with two MPIO paths lspath l hdisk0
MPIO are fail_over only. No Paths in client LPAR automatically configures load balancing in client MPIO hdisk1 in each VIO server attached to vscsi server adapter. Did not bring hdisk1 into volume group in VIO Set reserve_policy attribute on hdisk1 to no_reserve in each VIO server LUN appears in each VIO server as hdisk1 Single RAID5 LUN carved in ESS, made visible to one fibre channel adapter in both VIO servers
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Internals AIX
Virtual I/O Server
physical volumes OEM device paths
AIX client
LVM
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LVM
SDD-PCM for ESS
LVM
SDD-PCM for ESS
AIX LVM
AIX LVM
DISK DRIVER
MPIO
PHYSICAL ADAPTER DRIVER PHYSICAL ADAPTER DRIVER
PHYSICAL ADAPTER DRIVER PHYSICAL ADAPTER DRIVER
DISK DRIVER
PHYSICAL ADAPTER DRIVER PHYSICAL ADAPTER DRIVER
DISK DRIVER
VSCSI client
ESS SAN STORAGE
VSCSI client
ESS SAN STORAGE
VSCSI client
VSCSI client
PHYP
PHYP
PHYP
ESS SAN Storage Configuration AIX Client uses MPIO to protect against Virtual I/O Server failures Virtual I/O Server uses SDD-PCM to protect against adapter failures
ESS SAN Storage Configuration Virtual I/O Server uses SDD, or SDD-PCM to protect against adapter failures
ESS SAN Storage Configuration Virtual I/O Server uses FASTT RDAC Driver to protect against adapter failures
Other configurations with EMC and HDS are being tested currently Other configurations with EMC and HDS are being tested currently
POWER5 VIO Server
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[PhysicalVolume ]
mklv lv aix_sq07 rootvg_clients 7G hdisk2
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Same panel whether you are creating VIO server for first time, or DLPAR adding virtual scsi server adapter to running VIO server later.
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Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan) Available Virtual SCSI Server Adapter Available Virtual SCSI Server Adapter Available LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan) Available Virtual SCSI Server Adapter Available Virtual SCSI Server Adapter Available Virtual SCSI Server Adapter Available LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
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description
ent2 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan) vhost0 Available Virtual SCSI Server Adapter vhost1 Available Virtual SCSI Server Adapter vsa0 Available LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter vt_aix_sq07 Available Virtual Target Device - Logical Volume vt_hdisk7 Available Virtual Target Device - Disk
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Similar panel to create client virtual scsi adapter as the panel for server virtual scsi adapter. This slot connects to which slot in which remote LPAR? think planning, think spreadsheet
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root@sq07.dfw.ibm.com / # lscfg -vl vscsi1 vscsi1 U9117.570.10C0EDC-V7-C6-T1 Virtual SCSI Client Adapter Device Specific.(YL)........U9117.570.10C0EDC-V7-C6-T1
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Virtual Ethernet
Virtual Ethernet Enable inter-lpar communications without a physical adapter IEEE-compliant ethernet programming model Implemented through inter-partition in-memory communication VLAN splits up groups of network users on a physical network onto segments of logical networks Virtual switch provides support for multiple (up to 4K) VLANs Each partition can connect to multiple networks, through one or more adapters VIO server can add VLAN ID tag to the ethernet frame as appropriate. Ethernet switch restricts frames to ports that are authorized to receive frames with specific VLAN ID Virtual network can connect to physical network through "routing" partitions ipforwarding, routing at IP layer this is not Virtual Ethernet switch
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SEA configuration
$ lsdev | grep ent[0-9] ent0 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan) ent1 Available 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter II (1410ff01) $ mkvdev sea ent1 vadapter ent0 default ent0 defaultid 1 ent2 Available $ lsdev | grep ent[0-9] ent0 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan) ent1 Available 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter II (1410ff01) ent2 Available Shared Ethernet Adapter $ lsattr -El ent2 pvid 1 pvid_adapter ent0 real_adapter ent1 thread 0 virt_adapters ent0 PVID to use for the SEA device Default virtual adapter to use for non-VLAN-tagged packets Physical adapter associated with the SEA Thread mode enabled (1) or disabled (0) List of virtual adapters associated with the SEA (comma separated) True True True True True
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ent1
ent0 mkvdev sea ent1 vadapter ent0 default ent0 defaultid 1 ent2 Available
ent1
ent0
If VIO server requires a local IP address on this adapter configuration, the address is placed on shared adapter interface en2 (smitty chinet as root). It is not configured on physical, nor on virtual adapter.
Virtual Ethernet
Virtual Ethernet
PHYP
Client LPAR: Interface Failover protects against Virtual I/O Server failures Restriction: VLAN Tags cannot be used
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Reference
InfoCenter
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2s/en_US/index.htm
Redbook
Introduction to Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM p5 Servers http://www.redbooks.ibm.com search on SG24-7940 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/sg247940.pdf IBM eServer P5 Architecture and Performance Considerations http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg245768.html
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