IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Integration
Overview
IBM SAN Volume Controller is a block storage virtualization appliance that aggregates storage from SANs and makes it easy for IT staff to easily migrate storage between SANs with no downtime. QuantaStor must be put into an emulation mode for the devices to appear in an IBM SVC appliance. This guide goes over how to put QuantaStor into emulation mode and how to provision and configure your IBM SVC for use with QuantaStor.
Step 1: Gather SVC WWPNs
Login to each of your IBM SVC systems and gather the FC WWPNs from each using the 'lstargetportfc' command:
IBM_2145:ibm-svc-44-35:superuser>lstargetportfc id WWPN WWNN port_id owning_node_id current_node_id nportid host_io_permitted virtualized protocol 1 500507680C1160BE 500507680C0060BE 1 1 1 010000 no no scsi 2 500507680C1560BE 500507680C0060BE 1 1 1 010001 yes yes scsi 4 500507680C1260BE 500507680C0060BE 2 1 1 010100 no no scsi 5 500507680C1660BE 500507680C0060BE 2 1 1 010101 yes yes scsi
Note that there are some WWPNs that are used for host access where host_io_permitted=yes and virtualized=yes. These ports are for client/host side access and are not for use for scanning and importing LUNs (Storage Volumes) from QuantaStor. You'll need the WWPNs from the ports where host_io_permitted and virtualized are both set to "no", which are these two ports from the example above:
1 500507680C1160BE 500507680C0060BE 1 1 1 010000 no no scsi 4 500507680C1260BE 500507680C0060BE 2 1 1 010100 no no scsi
The port WWNs (WWPN) are the first WWN in each row, specifically these from the above example:
500507680C1160BE 500507680C1260BE
These are the WWNs that need to be added to QuantaStor as a new "Host" in the "Hosts" section.
Step 2: Add Host to QuantaStor for each IBM SVC
Within the QuantaStor web management interface select the "Hosts" section in the main "Storage Management" tab. Now choose 'Add Host' from the toolbar or right-click in the "Hosts" section and choose "Add Host.." to access the dialog.
Input the name of the IBM SVC system in the "Host Name:" field, choose the operating system type of "Other", then select the "FC Initiator WWPN:" and input the WWPN gathered from the previous step.