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Contents
1 Purpose 1
2 Scope 1
3 Audience 1
4 Unity Configuration Best Practices 2
11 Revision history 12
1 Purpose
1.1 To document the work instructions for the Unity Implementation process and
configuration.
2 Scope
2.1 This covers instructions and URLs to current procedures and resources for adding Unity
Storage Array on the floor.
3 Audience
3.1 This procedure applies to GE-CT Storage Ops Team.
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• DAE 2 connects to SAS Bus 0 (on-board port 0)
• DAE 3 connects to SAS Bus 1 (on-board port 1)
Connect additional DAEs in the same rotation.
4.2.3 When provisioning the 4-port SAS I/O Module, it is recommended to connect DAEs in
the following order:
• DAE 1 connects to SAS Bus 1 (on-board port 1)
• DAE 2 connects to SAS Bus 2 (I/O Module port 0)
• DAE 3 connects to SAS Bus 4 (I/O Module port 2)
• DAE 4 connects to SAS Bus 3 (I/O Module port 1)
• DAE 5 connects to SAS Bus 5 (I/O Module port 3)
• DAE 6 connects to SAS Bus 0 (on-board port 0)
Once all buses have at least 1 connected DAE, connect additional DAEs in the same
rotation.
4.2.4 When connecting multiple 80-drive enclosures to a system, place them on as many
separate buses as possible, before daisy chaining them on a single bus.
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Utilize multi-pathing software on hosts connected via iSCSI, such as Dell
EMC PowerPath
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The minimum recommended Flash capacity is at least 5% of the pool capacity.
Configure all the three tiers in a Hybrid pools Extreme Performance,
Performance, and Capacity.
It is recommended to use only a single drive speed, size, and RAID width within
each tier of a hybrid pool.
4.5.6 Fast VP
FAST VP accelerates performance of a specific storage pool by automatically
moving data within that pool to the appropriate drive technology, based on data
access patterns.
The recommended FAST VP policy for all storage objects is “Start High then
Auto-tier
It is recommended to schedule FAST VP relocations to occur before backups or
nightly batch processing.
For applications which are continuously active, consider configuring FAST VP
relocations to run constantly.
It is recommended to maintain at least 10% free capacity in storage pools, so that
FAST VP relocations can occur efficiently.
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4.8 Advanced Deduplication
Advance deduplication can enhance data reduction efficiency on the available
systems.
Turn on Advanced deduplication before migrating data to storage objects
4.11 Snapshots
It is recommended to include Flash tier in a hybrid pool where snapshots will be
active.
Consider the overhead of snapshots when planning both performance and capacity
requirements for the storage pool.
Before enabling snapshots on a storage object, it is recommended to monitor the
system and ensure that existing resources can meet the additional workload
requirements Enable snapshots on a few storage objects at a time, and then
monitor the system to be sure it is still within recommended operating ranges,
before enabling more snapshots.
It is recommended to stagger snapshot operations (creation, deletion, etc.). This
can be accomplished by using different snapshot schedules for different sets of
storage objects.
It is also recommended to schedule snapshot operations after any FAST VP
relocations have completed.
EMC Unity will throttle snapshot delete operations to reduce the impact to host
I/O.
Snapshot deletes will occur more quickly during periods of low system utilization.
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connection loss is detected, the link is immediately disabled, and traffic is
automatically moved to the surviving links in the aggregate to avoid disruption.
All ports within the aggregation must have the same speed, duplex settings, and
MTU size.
It is recommended that LACP trunking ports from one SP are connected to same
switch
It is also recommended that LACP trunking is created on both SP
Also, the ports used for LACP are in same numbering order in both SP, i.e. Port
1-4 if used in SPA for LACP trunking, same ports are used in SPB
4.12.4 Cisco
If the Unity ports are connected to different network switches, you should
configure all switch ports connected to these ports to immediately switch
from blocking mode to forwarding mode and not pass through spanning tree
states of listening and learning when an interface comes up.
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You enable the portfast capability on a port-to-port basis. When enabled, the
portfast variable causes the port to immediately switch from blocking to
forwarding mode.
Do not use portfast on switch-to-switch connections.
Configure MTU 9000 through out the network where possible.
Use 802.3ad port channel protocol for LACP
4.12.5 HP
4.12.6 ARISTA
4.12.7 DELL
It is best practice to configure LACP before connecting the cables, otherwise
undesired results can occur
5 Pools
5.1 Create one Single Pool for all the flash or Hybrid pool, unless otherwise needed for
legality
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Next two letters are numbers indicating, it’s production (81) or DR (91)
storage. So, in this case, it is production, so number is “81”
So full name is “unifraixl81”
7.1.1 UnityOS
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7.1.3 DNS Server
7.1.4 NTP
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7.1.6 Dell EMC Support Credentials
7.1.8 Cloud IQ
7.1.9
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7.1.10 ALERTS
7.1.10.1 General
7.1.10.3 SNMP
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7.1.11.1 User Management
8.2.2 Select the Ethernet ports you want to add to the link aggregation.
8.3 Creating NAS Server
Under Storage, select File > NAS Servers.
Select the Add icon.
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o Select Ethernet Port FSN IOM connection or any
FSN connection
o Enter IP, Mask, Gateway and optionally VLAN and
Select Next
10 Appendix
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11 Revision history
11.1 Revision history
No Date Complet Approved Complianc Changes
. ed by
by Approver
01 12/12/20 Rahul Document creation
19 Mehta
02 12/18/20 Rahul Split the document in
19 Mehta three
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