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How to Download and Run the Navisphere Manager Simulator

Step Action 1 Click the Module 16 tab to display the list of module components. 2 Click the Navisphere_Simulation_429 link.

Step Action 3 The .zip folder displays as shown below. Click Extract all files to save the files to a location on your system.

4 Specify a location to extract the files to. For example, C:\NavSimulator.

Step Action 5 Click Finish to view the extracted files.

6 Click the launch navisphere.html file to launch the Navisphere Simulator

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Logging into the Navisphere Manager.
Step Action 1 Extract the files of the simulator by right click on the zip file and choosing Extract to Navisphere_Simulator_429 option

Step Action Start the Navisphere Manager interface by opening the folder Navisphere_Simulator_429 and double clicking on launch navisphere.html

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Step Action Start the Navisphere Manager interface by opening the folder Navisphere_Simulator_429 and double clicking on launch navisphere.html 2 Verify Username: administrator and Password: emc. Click OK at the

login screen

Action 3 Examine the lower left window of the Enterprise Storage Window to display the signed in credentials. You should notice the login name of administrator with a role of administrator and a scope of Global i.e. administrator [ Administrator Global ]

Note Scope: Local users are ideal for accounts where access to only a single CLARiiON is required. For global users, a single user account may be used to access all CLARiiON storage systems within a Navisphere domain.
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Navigating the Navisphere Manager User Interface.
Step Action 1 In the Enterprise Storage Window, expand the objects where you see a + sign.The Task Bar shown at the left allows the user to perform common functions suchas Creating LUNs, Mirrors and Snapshots. Clicking on the buttons on task bar brings up a Wizard to guide the user through basic configuration tasks. Initially the Reserved LUN Pool is empty and there are no RAID Groups, Thin Pools, Storage Groups, LUNs and Thin LUNs. The Physical container shows a number of DAE3P and components in the rack (details of physical container are given on next page).The LUN Folders containe allows a way to easily organize LUNs in the array.

Step Action
2 By expanding the Physical Container you can view the DAE3P enclosures. Each DAE3P can contain up to 15 FC or SATA disk drives. Note also the other
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components such as FANs, LCCs, and Power Supplies

Step Action 3 Expand the Enclosure SPE container. The Storage Processor Enclosure contains Power Supplies, Fans, Fibre/iSCSI ports and SPS.

Step Action 4 Click on the File tab on the menu bar and examine the options available

5 Click on the Tools > Security tab from the toolbar and examine the options available. ( Note some options may not be available or grayed out )
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Step Action 6 Click on Tools> Security > User Management > Add Add a second user with the parameters below. Username: manager Role: manager Password: emc Leave the global/Local at the default of global. Click OK, YES, OK and confirm the new user creation.

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7 Go to File > Logout, then File >Login and log in as manager.

Examine the File options and note the changes. Examine the Tools > Security options and note the changes. What does this tell you about the Roles assigned to a user and their permissions? Note Manager cannot create a new user. 8 Logout and login as administrator. Action 9 Similarly multiple users can be created and different roles can be assigned to the users. Release 29 of Navisphere supports several other roles in addition to the ones shown here for managing CLARiiON Replication Software products. These roles are: Security administrator Replication Local replication only Replication and recovery

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Case Study of RAID.
Step Action 1 Expand the CX1_Prod tree, locate the Storage Pool container and expand it. You should see both Thin Pool and RAID Group containers. Right click on RAID Groups and Create a RAID Group

The Create Storage Pool General window will appear. The default storage pool type is RAID Group (The radio button should be selected). Step Action 2 The Storage Pool ID starts with 0 and increments up for every RAID Group that gets created, or will select the lowest number that has not yet been assigned to a RAID Group Optionally, the user can use the dropdown menu to assign the ID for the group, up to the limit of 239.

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Note: the dropdown on the Simulator will not show all of the possible IDs. The RAID Type also has a dropdown and you can select the RAID Type from the menu. When selecting the RAID Type the number of disks along with the Recommended number of disks for the some of the selected RAID Types also changes. One may choose to select different number of disks from the drop down.

Step Action 3 The Disks option by default will select Automatic but does have an option for Manual selection of disk as well.

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Select the Manual radio button, then Select and view the menus. Do not select any disks!

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Click OK and return to the previous window, select the Automatic radio button. Step Action 4 Some SATA II disks will allow the user to check the Select Power Savings Eligible Disks check the box and read the message then return to the previous window.

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Step Action 5 Select the Advanced tab from the top of the window, and view the parameters for the RAID Group. The dropdown menu will allow the selection of Expansion and Defragmentaion priorities. The Allow Power Savings option can be selected for the RAID Group Click the

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Click the General tab to return to the previous window. Step Action 6 Using the defaults, create the first RAID Group ( RAID Group 0 ) by clicking Apply Click Yes to the confirmation message and OK to the success message

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7 Follow the same procedures to create a second RAID Group (RAID Group 1) using the defaults. Click Yes to the confirmation message and OK to the success message.

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Step Action

Select Cancel to close the window. 10 Return to the Enterprise Storage Window, expand the Storage Pool container and verify the RAID Groups and Thin Pools were created. You should see the following; Thin Pool 0 RAID 5 RAID Group 0 RAID 5 RAID Group 1 RAID 5 RAID Group 2 RAID 6

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RAID Group and Thin Pool creation
Step Action 1 Expand the CX1_Prod tree, locate the Storage Pool container and expand it. You should see both Thin Pool and RAID Group containers. Right click on RAID Groups and Create a RAID Group

The Create Storage Pool General window will appear. The default storage pool type is RAID Group (The radio button should be selected). Step Action 2 The Storage Pool ID starts with 0 and increments up for every RAID Group that gets created, or will select the lowest number that has not yet been assigned to a RAID Group Optionally, the user can use the dropdown menu to assign the ID for the group, up to the limit of 239.
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Note: the dropdown on the Simulator will not show all of the possible IDs. The RAID Type also has a dropdown and you can select the RAID Type from the menu. When selecting the RAID Type the number of disks along with the Recommended number of disks for the some of the selected RAID Types also changes. One may choose to select different number of disks from the drop down.

Step Action 3 The Disks option by default will select Automatic but does have an option for Manual selection of disk as well.

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Select the Manual radio button, then Select and view the menus. Do not select any disks!

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Step Action 4 Some SATA II disks will allow the user to check the Select Power Savings Eligible Disks check the box and read the message then return to the previous window.

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Step Action 5 Select the Advanced tab from the top of the window, and view the parameters for the RAID Group. The dropdown menu will allow the selection of Expansion and Defragmentaion priorities. The Allow Power Savings option can be selected for the RAID Group

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Step Action 6 Using the defaults, create the first RAID Group ( RAID Group 0 ) b y clicking Apply Click Yes to the confirmation message and OK to the success message Click here Click here

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Step Action 7 Follow the same procedures to create a second RAID Group (RAID Group 1) using the defaults. Click Yes to the confirmation message and OK to the success message. Step Action 8 Follow the same procedures to create a third RAID Group (RAID Group 2) but use the dropdown to select a RAID 6 group consisting of 8 disks. Click Yes to the confirmation message and OK to the success message

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Step Action 9 Lastly, Select the Thin Pool radio button, take the defaults and click Apply Click Yes to the confirmation message and OK to the success message

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Step Action

10 Return to the Enterprise Storage Window, expand the Storage Pool container and verify the RAID Groups and Thin Pools were created. You should see the following; Thin Pool 0 RAID 5 RAID Group 0 RAID 5 RAID Group 1 RAID 5 RAID Group 2 RAID 6

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EXPERIMENT-6
Creating LUNs.
Step Action 1 On storage array CX1_Prod create the following LUNs on RAID Group 0 (RAID 5) LUN 0 2GB LUN 1 - 4GB LUN 2 -10GB Right click on RAID Group 0 and select Create LUN

Step Action From the Create LUN window verify the Storage Pool ID is correct as well as the RAID Type. From the LUN Properties window, use the dropdown and select 2 for the User Capacity and 1 for the Number of LUNs to create Leave the LUN ID at the default ( 0 ) Click Apply and Ok to return to the Create LUN window

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Step Action

Repeat these steps to create LUN 1 of 4 GB and LUN 2 of 10 GB After completion, verify LUNS 0 ,1, 2 were created under RAID Group 0
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LUN 0 2GB LUN 1 4GB LUN 2 10GB Select Cancel

Step Action 2 Follow the previous steps to Create the following LUNS on RAID Group 1 (RAID 5) LUN 3 5GB LUN 4 10Gb LUN 5 - 20GB Right click on RAID Group 1 and select Create LUN From the Create LUN window verify the Storage Pool ID is correct as well as the RAID Type. From the LUN Properties window, use the dropdown and select 5 for the User Capacity and 1 for the Number of LUNs to create Leave the LUN ID at the default ( 3 ) Click Apply and Ok to return to the Create LUN window Repeat these steps to create LUNs 4 and 5 After completion, verify LUNS 3 ,4, 5 were created under RAID Group 1 LUN 3 5GB LUN 4 10GB LUN 5 20GB

Select Cancel Step Action 3 Follow the previous steps to Create the following LUNS on RAID Group 2 (RAID 6) LUN 6 2GB LUN 7 4GB LUN 8 5GB LUN 9 10GB Right click on RAID Group 2 and select Create LUN From the Create LUN window verify the Storage Pool ID is correct as well as the RAID Type. From the LUN Properties window, use the dropdown and select 2 for the User
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Capacity and 1 for the Number of LUNs to create Leave the LUN numbering to the default ( 6 ) Click Apply and Ok to return to the Create LUN window Repeat these steps to create LUNs 7, 8, and 9 After completion, verify LUNS 6 ,7, 8, and 9 were created under RAID Group 2 LUN 6 2GB LUN 7 4GB LUN 8 5GB LUN 9 10Gb Select

Select Cancel Step Action 4 Follow the previous steps to Create the following LUN on Thin Pool 0 LUN 10 20GB Right click on Thin Pool 0 and select Create LUN

From the Create LUN window verify the Storage Pool ID is correct as well as the RAID Type. From the LUN Properties window, use the dropdown and select 20 for the User Capacity and 1 for the Number of LUNs to create Leave the LUN ID to the default ( 10 ) Click Apply and Ok to return to the Create LUN window After completion, verify LUN 10 was created under Thin Pool 0

Select Cancel 5 Repeat all the steps on the second array CX2_Secondary and verify. Expand the LUNS Folder container and each SP container under it to view the LUNS

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EXPERIMENT-7
Creating Storage Groups and adding LUNs.
Step Action 1 Expand the CX1_Prod tree, locate the Storage Group container Right click on container and click Create Storage Group

From the Create Storage Group Window type in SG_w3k_240 Click OK Yes and OK

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2 Right click on the Storage Group SG_w3k_240 and click Select LUNs From the Select LUNs menu, expand SPA and SPB

Step Action Double click on LUN 0, LUN 3, verify they have been moved to the Selected LUNs window. Click OK Yes and OK

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3 Verify the Storage Group contains the correct LUNs by expanding the LUNs container under the storage group. SG_w3k_240 LUNs 0, and 3

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EXPERIMENT-8
Connecting Hosts to Storage Groups.
Step Action 1 Expand the CX1_Prod tree, locate the Storage Group container Right click on the Storage Group SG_w3k_240 and click Connect Hosts

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Step Action

Click OK Yes and OK Verify the host has been created by expanding the Storage Groups container. Then expand the Hosts container to view the status Expand the LUNs container to view the status

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EXPERIMENT-9
Configuring SnapView Snapshots.
Step Action 1 From the Task Bar Wizard options, click on the Replication Tab.

Click here

2 Click the Configure SnapView Snapshots Icon to launch the Wizard.

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Step Action Read the Welcome Screen and click Next.

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Step Action From the Select a Production Server window select w3k-240 as the Production Server and click Next.

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Step Action From the Select Storage System window select the CX1_Prod Storage array and click Next.

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Step Action 3 From the Select the Source LUNs window expand the Storage Groups container and check LUN 0 to move it to the selected LUNs window. Click Next.

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Step Action Read the Configure Storage overhead for Snapshots window. Keep the defaults for the storage overhead parameters. Click Next.

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Step Action From the Select Snapshot LUN names window keep the defaults. Note that the wizard provides a name for newly created LUNS. Click Next

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Step Action From the Assign Snapshot to a Server window select w3k-241, keeping the defaults, and click Next.

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Step Action Read the Summary and click Finish.

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Read the Results window and click Finish

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Step Action 4 Expand the container for the Reserved LUN Pool. Note that the wizard created two LUNs. Expand the LUN Folders > Private LUNs container. Do you see any reserved LUNs? Expand the SP containers under the LUNs Folder container. What is the status of the Source LUN? Expand the Storage Group container for SG_w3k_240. What is the status of LUN 0? Expand the Storage Group container for SG_w3-241 > Snapshots. What is in the Snapshots container? Expand the SnapShots container; expand the Snapshot Names container. What is in the Snapshots Name container? Step Action 5 Expand the Storage Group container SG_w3k_240 > LUNs and right click LUN_0. Select Snapview > Start Snapview Session.

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Step Action Name the session SnapShot_LUN0, highlight the LUN in the Selected LUNs window and click OK.

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Step Action

Expand the SnapView container > Snapshots > Snapshot Names and right click on the LUN_0_Snapshot_1.

Step Action Select Activate Snapshot and select SnapShot_LUN0

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Step Action 6 Expand the SnapView > Snapshot Names container and right click LUN_0_Snapshot_1. Select Deactivate Snapshot. Read the message

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Step Action Expand the Snapshots > Sessions container and right click Snapshot_LUN0. Select Stop Session, read the message and click Yes. Check the

Step Action Right click on the Snapshot again and select Destroy Snapshot. What happened?

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The snapshot was assigned to server SG_w3k-241, right click on the SG_w3-241 > Select LUNS

Step Action Select LUN_0_Snapshot_1, click Remove and then click Apply

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Expand the Snapshot > Snapshot Names container and click Destroy Snapshot. Did it work?

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Step Action

Examine all the containers again to verify all Snapshots have been removed and destroyed.

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References
1. G.somasundaram & Alok Shrivastava editors: Information Storage & management: Storing, Managing and protecting digital information; wiley India.

2. John W. Rittinghous and jambs F ransome; Cloud computing: Implementation and security,CRC press, Taylor Frances pub. 3. Nick Antonopoulos, Lee Gillam; Cloud computing: Primcipal system & Application Springer.

4. Saurabh, Cloud computing: Insight into new Era infrastructure, wiley India.

5. Sonsinsky, Cloud computing Bible wiley India.

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FAQs

Unit-1
1. Draw and explain the evolution of various storage technologies? 2. Describe the storage architectures and their evolution? 3. What is information? Why we need of ISM? 4. Describe the importance of information to individuals and to businesses? 5. Explain information lifecycle management (ILM) along with its benefits? 6. Describe how data is categorized? 7. What are the components of storage infrastructure?

Unit-2
1. What are the physical and logical components of a host? 2. What are the component architecture of intelligent disk subsystem? 3. Give the components, proprieties and performance parameter of physical disk structure? 4. What is the difference between seek time and rotational latency? 5. Explain the following related to RAID in detail: I Stripping II Mirroring III Parity 6. Contrast the various levels of Raid? 7. Explain the concept of hot sparing in detail?
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Unit-3
1. Explain in detail about the evolution of DAS? 2. Compare various standard protocol associated with DAS? 3. Describe SCSI addressing and communication model? 4. Elaborate the comparison among NAS, SAN and CAS on the basis of connectivity, data access method, key requirement application and limitation? 5. Discuss FC protocol stack? 6. Explain in detail the management and security of SAN? 7. Write short note on: I JBOD II CAS.

Unit-4
1. Explain various types, forms and configuration of virtualization in detail? 2. Describe Block level virtualization technology and implementation? 3. Describe File level virtualization technology and implementation? 4. Explain the evolution of SMI-S with diagrams? 5. Give the major difference between monitoring and management? 6. What are the key metrics of management and monitoring? 7. List the major principle of backup and disaster recovery?

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Unit-5

1. Explain the concept of cloud? 2. Explain cloud computing in detail? 3. What are the deployment types of clouds? Also give their comparison? 4. Explain the evolution of cloud computing in detail? 5. Give the major difference between grid computing and cloud computing? 6. Describe cloud service providers? 7. Describe cloud service models?

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