MODULE – 5

FIBRE CHANNEL STORAGE

AREA NETWORK (FC SAN)

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 Module 5: Fibre Channel Storage Area Network
(FC SAN)

Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:

• Describe FC SAN and its components
• Describe FC architecture
• Describe FC SAN topologies and zoning
• Describe virtualization in SAN environment

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 Module 5: Fibre Channel Storage Area
Network (FC SAN)

Lesson 1: Overview of FC SAN

During this lesson the following topics are covered:
• Evolution of FC SAN
• Components of FC SAN
• FC interconnectivity options
• FC port types

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 Business Needs and Technology Challenges
• An effective information management solution must provide:
 Just-in-time information to business users →availability
 Flexible and resilient (strong) storage infrastructure
• Information management challenges in direct-attached storage
(DAS) environment:
 Explosive growth of information storage that remains isolated and
underutilized
 Proliferation (Increasing) of new servers and applications
 Complexity in sharing storage resources across multiple servers
 High cost of managing information
• Storage area network (SAN) addresses these challenges

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 What is a SAN?
SAN

It is a high-speed, dedicated network of servers and shared

storage devices.
• Centralizes storage and management
• Enables sharing of storage resources across multiple servers
• Meets increasing storage demands efficiently with better
economies of scale
• Common SAN deployments are:
 Fibre Channel (FC) SAN: uses FC protocol for communication
 IP SAN: uses IP-based protocols for communication

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 Understanding Fibre Channel
• High-speed network technology that uses:
 Optical fiber cables (for front end connectivity)
 Serial copper cables (for back end connectivity)
• Latest FC implementation supports speed up to 16 Gb/s
• Highly scalable
 Theoretically, a single FC network can accommodate approximately 15
million devices

IP
Network FC SAN

Clients Application Servers Storage Arrays

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 SAN
• SAN carries data between
servers (or hosts) and
storage devices through FC SAN
Fibre Channel network.
• Enables storage
consolidation (merge)
 Storage management
becomes centralized and Application Servers Storage Arrays
less complex, which
further reduces the cost
of managing information • Enables storage to be shared across multiple
• Enables organizations to servers.
connect geographically • Improves the utilization of storage resources
dispersed servers and compared to direct-attached storage
storage. architecture
• Reduces the total amount of storage an
organization needs to purchase and manage.

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 Components of FC SAN
• Node (server and storage) ports
• Cables
• Connectors
• Interconnecting devices such as FC switches and hubs
• SAN management software

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 Components of FC SAN: (1) Node Ports
• In FC network, the end devices, such as hosts, storage arrays, and
tape libraries, are all referred to as nodes.
• Each node requires one or more ports to provide a physical
interface for communicating with other nodes.
• Exist on
 Host bus adapter (HBA) in server
 Front-end adapters in storage
Node
• Each port has a Tx
Port 0
transmit (Tx) link and Port 0
Rx

Link
a receive (Rx) link
Port 1

Port n

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 Components of FC SAN: (2) Cables
• SAN implementation uses
 Copper cables for short distance (back-end)
 Optical fiber cables for long distance
• Two types of optical cables: single-mode and multimode
Single-mode fiber Multimode fiber
(SMF) Cladding (MMF)
Core Cladding Core

Carries single beam of Can carry multiple Light In

Light In
light beams of light
simultaneously
(a) Multi-mode Fiber (b) Single-mode Fiber
Single-mode Fiber
Distance up to 10km Used for short
distance Cladding Core

(Modal dispersion =
collision - weakens Light In

signal strength after

certain distance) (a) Multi-modeFiber
Multimode Fiber

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 Components of FC SAN: (3) Connectors
• Attached at the end of a cable
• Enable swift (rapid) connection and
disconnection of the cable to and from a Standard Connector
port
• Commonly used connectors for fiber optic
cables are:
 Standard Connector (SC)
 Duplex connectors Lucent Connector

 Lucent Connector (LC)

 Duplex connectors
 Straight Tip (ST)
 Patch panel connectors
 Simplex connectors Straight Tip Connector

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 Components of FC SAN: (4) Interconnecting Devices
• Commonly used interconnecting devices in FC SAN are:
Hubs Switches Directors

• Physically connect nodes • More intelligent than • High-end switches with a

in a logical loop or a hubs and directly route higher port count and
physical star topology data from one physical better fault tolerance
• Provide limited port to another capabilities.
connectivity and • Switches are available • Always modular, and its
scalability with fixed port count or port count can be
• All nodes must share the modular design increased by inserting
loop because data • Nodes do not share the additional 'line cards' or
travels through all the bandwidth. 'blades'
connection points. • Instead, each node has a • High-end switches and
• Because of the dedicated directors contain
availability of low-cost communication path redundant components
and high-performance
switches, hubs are no
longer used in FC SANs

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 Components of FC SAN: (5) SAN Management Software
• A suite of tools used in a SAN to manage
interfaces between host and storage arrays
• Provides integrated management of SAN
environment
• Enables web-based management using GUI or CLI
• Key management functions:
 Mapping of storage devices, switches and servers
 Monitoring and generating alerts for discovered
devices
 Logical partitioning of SAN (zoning)
 Management of SAN components (HBAs, storage
components and interconnecting devices)

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 FC Interconnectivity Options
• Point-to-Point
• Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)
• Fibre Channel Switched Fabric (FC-SW)

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 Point-to-Point Connectivity Servers

• Two devices are connected

directly to each other
• Enables direct connection
between nodes Server

• Offers limited connectivity and

scalability Server
 Only two devices can
communicate with each other at Storage Array

a given time
 Cannot be scaled to
accommodate a large number of
nodes
• Used in DAS environment

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 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) Connectivity
• Provides shared loop to attached nodes Servers
 Each node contends with other nodes to
perform I/O operations
Server
 Nodes must arbitrate to gain control
 At any given time, only one device can perform
I/O operations on the loop
• Implemented using ring or star topology
• Limitations of FC-AL FC Hub
 Only one device can perform I/O operation at a
time
 Supports up to 126 nodes
 Addition or removal of a node causes
momentary (temporary) pause in loop traffic
Storage Array

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 Fibre Channel Switched Fabric (FC-SW) Connectivity

• Creates a logical space (called fabric) in which all nodes

communicate with one another using switches
 Interswitch links (ISLs) enable switches to be connected
together
• Provides dedicated path between nodes
• Addition/removal of node does not affect traffic of other nodes
•Servers
High availability than hubs
Storage Array

FC Switch FC Switch

Server Interswitch Links

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 • N_Port: An end point in the fabric. Also
Switched Fabric Ports known as the node port. Typically, it is a host
Ports in a switched fabric can be port (HBA) or a storage array port connected
to a switch in a switched fabric.
one of the following types:
N-Port, F-Port, E-Port, G-Port • E_Port: Forms the connection between two
FC switches. Also known as the expansion
port.
Server
• F_Port: A port on a switch that connects an
N_Port. Also known as a fabric port.
N-Port
• G_Port: A generic port on a switch that can
operate as an E_Port or an F_Port and
determines its functionality automatically
during initialization.
F-Port
FC Switch FC Switch

F-Port E-Port E-Port F-Port

ISL
N-Port N-Port

Storage Array Storage Array

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 Module 5: Fibre Channel Storage Area
Network (FC SAN)

Lesson 2: Fibre Channel (FC) Architecture

During this lesson the following topics are covered:
• FC protocol stack
• FC addressing
• WWN addressing
• Structure and organization of FC data
• Fabric services
• Fabric login types

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 FC Architecture Overview

• Provides benefits of both channel and network

technologies
 Provides high performance with low protocol overheads
 Due to the static nature of channels & high level h/w and
s/w integration
 Provides high scalability with long distance capability
 Uses share bandwidth for communication
• FC SAN uses FibreChannel Protocol (FCP) that provides
both channel speed for data transfer with low protocol
overhead and scalability of network technology

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 FC Architecture Overview

• FCP forms the fundamental construct of the FC SAN

infrastructure:
 Provides a serial data transfer interface that operates over
copper wire and optical fiber
 Implements SCSI over FC network
 Storage devices, attached to SAN, appear as local storage
devices to host operating system
• Advantages of FCP:
 Sustained transmission bandwidth over long distances
 Support large number of addressable devices over a network
 Support speeds up to 16 Gbps

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 High Performance Parallel
Fibre Channel Protocol Stack Interface (HIPPI) Framing
Protocol

Upper Layer Protocol Enterprise Storage

Example: SCSI, HIPPI, ESCON, ATM, IP Connectivity (ESCON)

Asynchronous Transfer
FC-4 Upper Layer Protocol Mapping Mode (ATM),

FC-2 Framing/Flow Control

FC-1 Encode/Decode
16
FC-0 1 Gb/s 2 Gb/s 4 Gb/s 8 Gb/s
Gb/s
FC Layer Function Features Specified by FC Layer
Mapping upper layer protocol (e.g. SCSI) to lower
FC-4 Mapping interface
FC layers
FC-3 Common services Common services (Not implemented)

FC-2 Routing, flow control Frame structure, FC addressing, flow control

8b/10b or 64b/66b encoding, bit and frame

FC-1 Encode/decode
synchronization
FC-0 Physical layer Media, cables, connector

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 FC Addressing in Switched Fabric
• FC Address is assigned to nodes during fabric login
 Used for communication between nodes within FC SAN
• Address format

• Domain ID is a unique number provided to each switch in the

fabric
 8-bits field - 239 addresses are available for domain ID
 Because some addresses are deemed special and reserved for
fabric management services
 E.g: FFFFFC is reserved for the name server
• Area ID: to identify group of switch ports used for connecting
nodes
• Port ID: to identify port within the group
• Maximum possible number of node ports in a switched fabric:
 239 domains X 256 areas X 256 ports = 15,663,104

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 World Wide Name (WWN)
• Each device in the FC environment is assigned a 64-bit unique
identifier
• Static to node ports on an FC network
 Similar to Media Access Control (MAC) address used in IP
networking
• World Wide Node Name (WWNN) and World Wide Port Name
(WWPN) are used: to uniquely identify nodes and ports
respectively
World Wide Name - Array
5 0 0 6 0 1 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 B 2
0101 0000 0000 0110 0000 0001 0110 0000 0000 0000 0110 0000 0000 0001 1011 0010

Format Company ID Port Model Seed

Type 24 bits 32 bits

World Wide Name - HBA

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 c 9 2 0 d c 4 0
Format Reserved Company ID Company Specific
Type 12 bits 24 bits 24 bits

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 Structure and Organization of FC Data
• FC data is organized as Exchange, Sequence, and Frame
Exchange Sequence Frame

• Enables two N_Ports to • Contiguous set of frames • Fundamental unit of data

identify and manage a set that correspond to an transfer
of information units information unit • Each frame consists of
• Information unit: upper five parts: start of frame
layer protocol-specific (SOF), frame header, data
information that is sent field, cyclic redundancy
to another port to check (CRC), and enf of
perform certain frame (EOF)
operation
• Each information unit
maps to a sequence
• Includes one or more
sequences

SOF Frame Header Data Field CRC EOF

4 Bytes 24 Bytes 0 - 2112 Bytes 4 Bytes 4 Bytes

FC Frame

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 Fabric Services
• FC switches provide fabric services as defined in FC standards

Fabric Login Server Name Server Fabric Controller Management Server

• Used during the initial • Responsible for name • Responsible for • Enables FC SAN
part of the node’s registration and managing and management using
fabric login process management of node distributing Registered fabric management
• Located at pre-defined ports State Change software
address of FFFFFE • Located at pre-defined Notifications (RSCNs) • Located at pre-defined
address FFFFFC to attached node address FFFFFA
ports
• Responsible for
distributing SW-RSCNs
to every other switch
• SW-RSCNs keep the
name server up-to-
date on all switches
• Located at pre-defined
address FFFFFD

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 Login Types in Switched Fabric
• Fabric login (FLOGI)
 Occurs between an N_Port and an F_Port
 Node sends a FLOGI frame with WWN to Fabric Login Server on
switch
 Node obtains FC address from switch
 Immediately after FLOGI, N_Port registers with Name Server on
switch, indicating its WWN, port type, assigned FC address, etc.
 N_Port queries name server about all other logged in ports
• Port login (PLOGI)
 Occurs between two N_Ports to establish a session
 Exchange service parameters relevant to the session
• Process login (PRLI)
 Occurs between two N_Ports to exchange ULP related parameters

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 Module 5: Fibre Channel Storage Area
Network (FC SAN)

Lesson 3: FC SAN Topologies and Zoning

During this lesson the following topics are covered:
• Mesh and core-edge topologies
• Benefits of zoning
• Types of zoning

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 Mesh Topology Full Mesh
FC Switches

• Full mesh
 Each switch is connected to every other Server

switch
 Maximum of one interswitch link (ISL) or
hop is required for host-to-storage
traffic Storage Array

 Host and storage can be connected to Partial Mesh

any switch FC Switches

• Partial mesh
 Not all the switches are connected to Server

every other switch

Storage Array

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 Core-edge Topology
• Consists of edge and core FC Switch
Edge Tier
FC Switch FC Switch
switch tiers (levels)
• Edge tier:
 Switches
 Adding more hosts Server FC Director
Storage Array
 Attached to a switch at Core Tier

the core tier through ISLs

Edge Tier
• Core tier: FC Switch FC Switch FC Switch

 Directors that ensure high

fabric availability
 Adding more switches of
directors Server FC Director FC Director
Storage Array
Core Tier

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 Core-edge Topology (contd.)
• Network traffic traverses FC Switch
Edge Tier
FC Switch FC Switch
core tier or terminate at
core tier
• Storage is usually
connected to the core tier Server FC Director
• Benefits Core Tier Storage Array

 High availability
Edge Tier
 Medium scalability FC Switch FC Switch FC Switch

 Medium to maximum
connectivity

Server FC Director FC Director

Storage Array
Core Tier

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 Zoning
• Whenever a change takes place in the name server database,
fabric controller sends Registered State Change Notification
(RSCN) to all nodes impacted by the change
• If zoning is not configured, RSCN sends to all nodes in the fabric
• For a large fabric, the amount of FC traffic generated due to this
process can be significant and might impact the host-to-storage
data traffic
Zoning
It is an FC switch function that enables node ports within the
fabric to be logically segmented into groups, and communicate
with each other within the group.
• Some terminologies:
• Zones – a set of members (nodes) which could be HBA and array ports
• Zone sets – a set of zones, that can be activated and deactivated

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 Zoning (contd.)
• Only nodes in the same zone can communicate with
each other
• A node can be a member of multiple zones
• A fabric can have multiple zone sets, but only one of
them can be active at a time
• Benefits
 Restricts Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) traffic
 Provides access control

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 Zoning (contd.)

Zone 1

Server

FC SAN

Storage Array

Array port

Zone 2
Servers HBA Port

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 Zoning Components A node can be a member
of multiple zones

Zone sets
Zone set
(Library)

Zone
Zone Zone Zone
(Library)

Member
Member Member Member Member Member Member
WWN's

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 Types of Zoning
• Port zoning
 Uses FC addresses of the physical ports to define zones
 Also called hard zoning
 Secure, but require zone configuration information to be updated
every time fabric configuration changes
• WWN zoning
 Uses World Wide Names to define zones
 Also called soft zoning
 Flexible – no need to reconfigure the zone information if fabric
configuration changes
• Mixed zoning
 Enables a specific port to be tied to the WWN of a node

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 Types of Zoning

Servers Switch Domain ID = 15

Port 5

Zone 2

Port 1
WWN 10:00:00:00:C9:20:DC:40 FC Switch Storage Array

Port 12
Port 9
Zone 3

WWN 10:00:00:00:C9:20:DC:56

WWN 50:06:04:82:E8:91:2B:9E

Zone 1

WWN 10:00:00:00:C9:20:DC:82 Zone 1 (WWN Zone) = 10:00:00:00:C9:20:DC:82 ; 50:06:04:82:E8:91:2B:9E

Zone 2 (Port Zone) = 15,5 ; 15,12
Zone 3 (Mixed Zone) = 10:00:00:00:C9:20:DC:56 ; 15,12

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 Module 5: Fibre Channel Storage Area
Network (FC SAN)

Lesson 4: Virtualization in SAN

During this lesson the following topics are covered:
• Block-level storage virtualization
• Virtual SAN

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 Block-level Storage Virtualization
• Provides a virtualization Servers

layer in SAN
• Abstracts block storage Server

devices and creates a

storage pool by
aggregating logical unit
numbers (LUNs) FC SAN

•
Virtual Volume Virtualization
Virtual volumes are Appliance

created from storage pool

and assigned to hosts
 Virtualization layer maps
virtual volumes to LUNs
• Benefits LUN Storage Pool LUN

 Online volume expansion LUN LUN

 Nondisruptive migration Storage Array Storage Array

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 Use Case: Block-level Storage Virtualization across Data
Centers
Data Center 1 Data Center 2
• Block-level Servers Servers

storage
virtualization Server Server

enables
nondisruptive Virtual Virtual
Volumes Volumes
data migration Virtualization Appliance

both within and

between data FC or IP

centers. FC SAN FC SAN

• Provide capability
to connect the Virtualization Layer

virtualization
layers at multiple
data centers. Storage Arrays Storage Arrays

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 Virtual SAN (VSAN)/Virtual Fabric
VSAN
VSAN 10 VSAN 20
It is a logical fabric on an FC SAN, Servers Servers
enabling communication among a
group of nodes, regardless of their Server Server
physical location in the fabric.

• Each VSAN has its own fabric

services (name server, zoning),
configuration, and set of FC FC SAN
addresses
• VSANs improve SAN security,
scalability, availability, and
manageability
Storage Array Storage Array

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 Module 5: Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (FC
SAN)

Concept in Practice:

• EMC Connectrix
• EMC VPLEX

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 EMC Connectrix
• Connectrix family includes networked storage connectivity
products
 Offers high-speed FC connectivity, highly resilient switching
technology, intelligent IP storage networking, and I/O
consolidation with Fibre Channel over Ethernet
• Connectrix family consist of enterprise directors, departmental
switches, and multi-purpose switches

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 EMC VPLEX
• Provides solution for block-level storage virtualization and data
mobility – both within and across data centers
• Enables multiple hosts located across two locations to access a
single copy of data
• Provides capability to mirror a virtual volume – both within and
across locations
 Allows hosts at different data centers to simultaneously access
cache-coherent copies of the same virtual volume
• VPLEX family consists of three products
 VPLEX Local
 VPLEX Metro
 VPLEX Geo

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 Module 5: Summary
Key points covered in this module:
• FC SAN components and connectivity options
• FC protocol stack and addressing
• Structure and organization of FC data
• Fabric services
• Fabric topologies
• Types of zoning
• Block-level storage virtualization and virtual SAN

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