Using the DS Storage Manager

(DSSM) Simulator to Demonstrate

or Configure Storage on the
DS3000 and DS5000 Storage
Subsystems (sCR53)
Prepared by: IBM Americas Advance Technical Skills
(ATS)
Lab purpose:
Using the simulator files provided by the instructor on a memory stick, install the
IBM DS Storage Manager (DSSM) simulators on your laptop. These files are zipped
images which need to be unzipped into the directory of your choice. In this lab you
will be provided step by step instructions on how to perform the most common
configuration tasks using the DSSM simulator, as well as how to save the
configuration for future use to copy to another subsystem or reload as a recovery
process.

You should be aware that this tool does change as new releases of the IBM DSSM are
made available for newer code releases and subsystems, but the basic techniques of
using the simulator have remained the same. Future releases of the tool will be made
available on the IBM DS3000 and DS5000 Portal website under Tools  Simulators
at:

http://ibmdsseries.com/index.php?
option=com_user&view=login&return=aHR0cDovL2libWRzc2VyaWVzLmNvbS9p
bmRleC5waHA/b3B0aW9uPWNvbV9jb250ZW50JnZpZXc9Y2F0ZWdvcnkmbGF5
b3V0PWJsb2cmaWQ9NTAmSXRlbWlkPTEwNyZsYW5nPWVu

This lab practice was designed by IBM Advanced Technical Skills team for the IBM
DS3000, DS4000 and DS5000 Storage products, to aid in building familiarity with
the use of the DSSM tool and to increase confidence with its use when configuring
storage or demonstrating its functions to clients.

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Initial install and start up
1. Unzip the archive file that was provided by the instructor in the directory of your
choice.

2. Double Click on the “Start_Demo.bat” file. If this is the first time you have
installed the simulator tool the following screen will appear:

Select OK.

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 If you had a previous version of the DSSM Simulator installed you will see the
following Enterprise Management Window displayed with the Setup tab
displayed:

3. Click “Add Storage Subsystem”, “Automatic” and “OK” twice as shown in the
two screens above. Once the discovery is complete select the “Devices” tab to see
the subsystems that were found.

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 4. Double Click on any desired Storage Subsystem shown. If using the IBM DSSM
for DS5000 models you will see a DS5020, DS5100, and three different DS5300
systems; if using the IBM DSSM for DS3500 there are three to choose from.

The DSSM GUI provides multiple options for the management of each system.
In this guide we have used the DS3500 as a model.

The Setup tab provides launch points for nearly all routine administrative task,
including:

 Locate Storage Subsystem

 Rename Storage Subsystem
 Set a Storage Subsystem Password
 Configure Storage Subsystem
 Map Logical Drives
 Save Configuration
 Manually Define Hosts
 Configure Ethernet Management Ports
 View/Enable Premium Features

During this lab/demo we will show how to use the simulator to perform the creation
of an array and LUN, change the storage subsystem’s cache settings as desired and
save the configuration created for future installation on other storage subsystems.
Though many more functions are capable of being performed, this lab will focus on
enabling you to gain a comfort level with using this tool and not on performing all of
the functions.

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Configuring Arrays and LUNs

5. Click on the SETUP TAB  Click on Configure Storage Subsystem

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 6. Select  Create arrays and logical drives  OK
7. Select Create a new array using unconfigured capacity  Click NEXT

8. Select Create a new array using unconfigured capacity  Click NEXT

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 9. Click NEXT

10. Enter an Array Name and select Manual for drive selection  Click NEXT

11. Select RAID 5  select 5 drives and move them to the Selected drives  Click
Calculate Capacity  Click Finish

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 12. Click OK

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 13. Click Next

In creating our LUN we will build a LUN which will be used for high throughput
application and very large capacity for storage. The host will send an IO blocksize
of 1MB per host IO.

14. Select desired capacity (in our example 1.5TB) of LUN  and Name Sim-LUN1
 Select Customize settings  NEXT

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 To design the LUN to be suited for high throughput we set the segment size to
“256KB” to encourage full stripe write operations to be performed.

15. Select Custom  256KB Segment size  Preferred Path to Controller A 

NEXT

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 16. Select Map Later  FINISH

17. For additional LUNs to be created on this array select “Yes” and repeat steps 13
through 15 for each; until finished. Select No.

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 18. Select OK

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Defining a Host and its Ports
19. Select “Manually Define Host” under Optional Tasks.

20. Enter the desired host name for your system, and select if planning to use storage
partitions or not. Storage partitions are recommended for all configurations.
Select “Next”.

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 21. Next we need to define the Host Port Identifiers for the host ports being used.
Select “Add by creating a new host port identifier” radial button; and enter the 16
character ID in the example below; provide an alias name of up to 30 characters
and select “ADD”.

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 22. Repeat the for a second host port to be created using the identifier in the example
below. Select “Add” and then select “Next”.

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 23. Select the host type that the ports will use for communicating with the DS Storage
Subsystem. For our example we have used VMWARE; select Next.

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 24. You will be asked if this host will be a member of a cluster or share its LUNs with
other hosts. For our example we have selected the “No” radial button; select Next.

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 25. You are now shown the complete configuration of your host; review and select
“Finish” if all is correct.

26. If you are building additional hosts then you would select “Yes” to create another
or select “No” to complete.

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 Mapping Logical Drives
27. Select “Map Logical Drive” from the Setup tab.

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 28. Select the host name or group name from the dropdown list. Select the LUN ID
(0 – 255) to be used for the logical drive, and select the Logical Drive from the
list of available devices; click “Add”.

Notice the “Access” LUN that is in the available list. This LUN is used for inband
management and should not be added unless you are planning to use the SM
Client through inband on the respective host.

29. Click Close.

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Configuring Storage System-wide parameters
Cache Settings

30. Select Storage Subsystem  Change Cache Settings and Left click.
The following Change Cache Settings screen appears.

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 31. For best practices it is recommended to set the Start flushing and Stop flushing
values to 50/50 to start with. For the Cache block size it is recommended to use
8KB for primary database environments with small random IO blocksize, and
16KB or 32KB for large sequential IO data blocksize. Select OK.

Or

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 Creating a Hot Spare
32. Click on the SETUP TAB  Click on Configure Storage Subsystem

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 33. From the Select Configuration Task  Configure Hot Spare Drives  OK

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 34. Select View/change current hot spare coverage -- OK

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 35. Select by highlighting all the listed Hot spares drives  Select Unassign

36. Type “yes” and click “OK”

You now have no Hot Spares that are assigned

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 37. Select Sim-Array1  Select Assign.

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 38. Select the drive that you want to make the Hot Spare  OK

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 39. This shows that a Hot Spare has been assigned  Click Close

At this point you are ready to view all the settings that you have created and
changes that you have defined to your storage subsystem.

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 Save Configuration
You can also save the configuration that you have just created for future recovery
or for copying it to another storage subsystem. Be aware that full configuration
copies will have parts in them that may not be suited for the environment. You can
save the configuration in the following manners:

 Storage Subsystem settings

 Logical Drive configuration
 Logical Drive-to-LUN mappings
 Topology

Review details in the online Help documentation to see what configuration will
best suite your needs.

40. To save the configuration, Click on the SETUP TAB  Click on Save
Configuration

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 41. Select the configuration data desired to be saved Select Yes.

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 42. Enter a filename and select Save.

43. Click OK.

This completes the IBM DSSM simulator lab. Feel free to review any portions you
would like to gain greater familiarity of.

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