StoreServe 7000

Hardware Overview
Module 4
HK902S E.00

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Module objectives

After completing this module, you should be able to:

• Explain the HP 3PAR Controller options for the 7000 and 7000c series models
• Explain the drive cage expandability options for the 7000 and 7000c series
• Describe the Node:Slot:Port (N:S:P) naming convention for controller node ports
• Describe the Cage:Magazine:Disk (C:M:D) convention for physical disks
• Understand the rules regarding physical disk population in the 7000/7000c series drive cages

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7000 hardware architecture

• The base enclosure SFF drive chassis holds up to

24 SFF drives per enclosure
• The 7000 series is the only series to include
controller nodes inside the primary drive chassis
• Models cannot be upgraded (ie: 7200c upgraded
to a 7400c or 7450c)

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 7400/7400c 4-Controller
HP 3PAR 7000 Series Storage introduction

7200/7200c 2-Controller model

• Start with base enclosure(s)

• Add expansion drive cages

• The 7000 series models have different
hardware configurations

7400 2 Controller

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HP 3PAR 7000 Series Hardware Building Blocks

Host
Base Storage Expansion Drive Adapters Service
Drives Racks
Systems Cages Processor

7200/7200c 4-port 8Gb/s

(2 nodes, 4 FC ports, 24 SFF slots) 2-port 16Gb/s FC
SFF SAS
HBA
HDD & SSD
HP M6710 2.5in 2U SAS
HP G3 rack VM-based
(Default)
2-port 10Gb/s
7400/7400c/7440c iSCSI/FCoE CNA
(2/4-node, 4/8 FC ports, 24/48
SFF slots) LFF SAS
HDD & SSDs
Physical
HP M6720 3.5in 4U SAS
(Optional)
Customer-supplied
7450/7450c
rack
7450 /7450c SSDs Only 2-port 10Gb/s (4-post, square hole,
(2/4-node, 4/8 FC ports, 24/48 4-port 1Gb/s EIA standard, 19 in.,
SFF slots) Ethernet NIC rack from HP or other
(“c” models only) suppliers)
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HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Controller Nodes
Two to four nodes per system, installed in pairs
Per node configuration
• Thin Built In Gen4 ASIC
• Intel processor
7200/7200c 4-core
7400/7400c 6-core
7440c/7450/7450c 8-core
• Data cache and Control Cache (amount depends on model)
• Two built-in/on-board 8Gb/s FC ports
• Two built-in/on-board 6Gb/s SAS ports
• One built-in 1Gb/s Ethernet Remote Copy (RCIP) port
• 50GB MLC SATA boot SSD
• Optional PCI-e adapter
Four-port 8Gb FC or Two-port 16Gb FC
Two-port 10Gb iSCSI
Two-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter (“c” models only)
Four-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter (“c” models only)

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HP 3PAR 7000 Series Base Enclosure: Front and rear

Base enclosure contains: Front view

• 24 SFF slots for disks (front)

Node 1
• Two controllers (rear)

PCM0
PCM1

Node 0 Rear view

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HP 3PAR 7400/7400c/7450/7450c four-node
configuration
All upgrades are nondisruptive
• From 74x0 2-node to 4- node
• Interconnected with interconnect cables

Autonomic rebalance
• System-wide striping across controller
nodes and disks
• Double the performance of existing LUNs
Node 3 • Double capacity available to all LUNs

Node 2

Node 1

Node 0

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7200c, 7400c, and 7440c comparison (1 of 2)

Summary 7200c 7400c 7440c
Number of controller nodes 2 2 or 4
2 six-core 2-4 six-core 2-4 eight-core
Processors
1.8 GHz 1.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Total On-Node Cache 40 GB 96 GB 192 GB

Total On-Node Cache per node pair 40 GB 48 GB 96 GB

Maximum Host ports 12 24

8GB/s Fibre Channel Host Ports 4-12 4-24

16GB/s Fibre Channel Host Ports

10GB/s iSCSI Host Ports 0-4 0-8

10 GB/s Ethernet Adapter Ports *

1 GB/s Ethernet Adapter Ports * 0-8 0-16

* NIC used with File Persona feature

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7200c, 7400c, and 7440c comparison (2 of 2)

Summary 7200c 7400c 7440c

Maximum Initiators Supported 1024 2048
2U Controller Enclosure SAS Drive Capacity 24
Number of Disk Drives 8-240 8-576 8-960
Number of Solid State Drives 8-120 8-240
Raw Capacity (approx.) 1.2-500 TB 1.2-1600 TB 1.2-2000 TB
Usable File Capacity 2-64 TB 2-128 TB
0-9 0-22 0-38
Number of expansion cages
enclosures enclosures enclosures

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7200 and 7400 comparison

Summary 7200 7400
Number of controller nodes 2 2 or 4
2 four-core 2-4 six-core
Processors Summary 7200 7400
1.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
Total On-Node Cache 24 GB 64 GB Maximum Initiators Supported 1024 1024 or 2048
2U Controller Enclosure
Total On-Node Cache per node pair 24 GB 32 GB 24
SAS Drive Capacity
Maximum Host ports 12 24
Number of Disk Drives 8-240 4-480
8GB/s Fibre Channel Host Ports 4-12 4-24
Number of Solid State Drives 8-120 8-240
16GB/s Fibre Channel Host Ports
0-4 0-8 Raw Capacity (approx.) 1.2-400 TB 1.2-1200 TB
10GB/s iSCSI Host Ports
0-9 0-18
Number of expansion cages
enclosures enclosures

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7450c Specifications
7450c 7450c
Summary
2-node 4-node
Number of controller nodes 2 or 4

Processors 2-4 eight-core 2.3 GHz

7450c 7450c
Total On-Node Cache 96GB 192GB Summary
2-node 4-node
Maximum Host ports 4-12 8-24
Maximum Initiators Supported 1024 2048
8GB/s Fibre Channel Host Ports 4-12 8-24 2U Controller Enclosure
24
16GB/s Fibre Channel Host SAS Drive Capacity
Ports
Number of Solid State Drives 8-120 8-240
10GB/s iSCSI Host Ports 0-4 0-8
Raw Capacity (approx.) .8-260.4 TB .8-460.8 TB
10Gbs/s Ethernet Adapter *
0-9 0-18
1 Gbs/s Ethernet Adapter * 0-8 0-16 Number of expansion cages
enclosures enclosures

* NIC used with File Services/Persona feature

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7450 Specifications
7450 7450
Summary
2-node 4-node
Number of controller nodes 2 or 4 2 or 4

Processors 2-4 eight-core 2.3 GHz

7450 7450
Total On-Node Cache 64GB 128GB Summary
2-node 4-node
Maximum Host ports 4-12 8-24
Maximum Initiators Supported 1024 2048
8GB/s Fibre Channel Host Ports 4-12 8-24 2U Controller Enclosure
24
16GB/s Fibre Channel Host Ports SAS Drive Capacity
0-4 0-8
10GB/s iSCSI Host Ports Number of Solid State Drives 8-120 8-240

Raw Capacity (approx.) .8-120 TB .8-220 TB

0-4 0-8
Number of expansion cages
enclosures enclosures

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7000 node port locations and numbering (N:S:P)
Standard HBA slot for optional:
4-port 8 Gb/2-port 16 Gb FC
2-port 10 GB iSCSI/FCoE 1 Gb Ethernet
1 Gb Ethernet
4-port 1Gb/2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter replication port
Mgmt port
Slot 2 Slot 3

Node 0 Slot Port

1 2 3 4 1 1 0 SAS ports
1 Onboard FC ports
0 1 2 2 0
0 1 2 PCI port
3 RCIP port
N:S:P
2x cluster expansion ports 2x 6 Gb SAS 4-wide 0:1:2
for optional 4-way configuration expansion ports 2x 8 Gb Fibre
Slot 0 Channel host ports
Slot 1
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74x0/74x0c: Four-node interconnect cabling

The interconnect link cables are

directional and labeled A and C.

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Expansion cage option 1: Small form factor (SFF)

The M6710 SFF drive cages (including the primary chassis with controllers) support 2.5 inch disks:
• 200, 480, 920 MLC SSDs and 480GB and 1.92TB cMLC SSD
• 300 GB/15K, 450 GB/10K, 600 GB/10K, 900 GB/10K 1.2 TB/10K SAS FC disks
• 1 TB/7.2K NL disks

Model number is M6710

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SFF expansion cage details

Drive 0 IFC1 Drive 23

PCM0 IFC0 PCM1

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Expansion cage option 2: Large form factor (LFF)

The M6720 LFF drive cages support 3.5 inch disks:

• 200, 480, 920 MLC SSDs and 480GB and 1.92TB cMLC SSDs
• 2 TB, 3 TB, 4 TB 7.2K NL disks

Model number is M6720

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LFF expansion cage details Drive20 Drive 21 Drive 22 Drive 23

• 4U
• All disks are 3.5 inch disks
• Each cage has 2 IFCs
• The SAS expander on each IFC has a dedicated and
direct connection to each drive in the cage Drive 0 Drive1 Drive2 Drive 3
IFC1
• Two IFC slots and two application slots
− Application slots that are unused are filled with
blanking modules
blanking module

blanking module

IFC0
PCM0
PCM1
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7000 Series disk encryption
• Two types of self-encrypting drives (SED) are supported:
− Data-at-Rest encryption (DAR)
− Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 (includes a tamper-evident seal)
• Both types of drives leverage industry-standard SEDs
• Both DAR and FIPS drives offer the same level of encryption and can be mixed
− HP 3PAR OS 3.1.2 MU2 or higher (DAR drives)
− HP 3PAR OS 3.1.3 or higher (FIPS 140-2 drives)

SED Type Description

DAR 400GB SFF MLC SSD, 450GB/900GB 10K SFF SAS, 1TB 7.2K NL SFF SAS

FIPS 920GB SFF MLC SSD, 450GB/900GB 10K SFF SAS, 2TB/4TB 7.2K NL LFF SAS

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7000 series disk numbering convention: C:M:D

One disk per magazine so disk number is always 0 (naming convention: C:M:0)

01

1:18:0

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Controller node to expansion cage cabling (1 of 2)

• Each node has two SAS controller-to-enclosure connectors with 4 x 6Gb/s lanes each
• Controller enclosure internal drives are connected to controller port DP-1
• First external enclosure is added to controller ports DP-2
• Additional enclosures then alternate between controller ports DP-1 and DP-2
• Each drive enclosure comes with mounting rail kit, 2 x IO-modules, 2 x power cables and 2 x
1m SAS cables
• Enclosures can be installed in adjacent racks
• 2m and 6m SAS expansion cable kits are available

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Controller node to expansion cage cabling (2 of 2)

Node 1 DP-1 Node 0 DP-1

• Node 0 chassis internal disks tied to port DP-1 and counts Node 1 DP-2 Node 0 DP-2

as one enclosure
• Node 0 port DP-1 connected to 4 additional disk enclosures
• Node 0 port DP-2 to 5 additional disk enclosures
• Node 1 port DP-1 connected to 4 additional disk enclosures
• Node 1 port DP-2 connected to 5 additional disk enclosures
• Odd node to odd IFCs, and connects to highest numbered
disk enclosure first
• Even node to even IFCs, and connects to lowest numbered
disk enclosure first

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Physical disk guidelines (1 of 2)

• Before proceeding with the drive population, verify that all applicable licenses associated with the system
are registered.
• If the array is enabled with the Data-at-Rest (DAR) encryption feature, only use the self-encrypting drives
(SED). Using a non-self-encrypting drive can cause errors during the upgrade process.
• The first expansion drive enclosure added to a system must be populated with the same number of drives as
the node enclosure.
• The drives must be identical pairs.
• The same number of drives and type should be added to all of the drive enclosures in the system.
• The minimum addition to a two-node system without expansion drive enclosures is two identical drives.
• The minimum addition to a four-node system without expansion drive enclosures is four identical drives.

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Physical disk guidelines (2 of 2)

SFF drive cage hard drive population

The PD pairs should be placed in the lowest

available slot numbers LFF drive cage hard drive population

PD pairs should be populated in columns and in

the lowest available vertical slots in that column

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Adding physical disks

There are five steps to adding physical disks:

• Checking initial status
• Inserting hard drives
• Checking status
• Checking progress
• Completing the upgrade

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Checking initial status

Under Systems, select Physical Disks, and in the right pane, select the Physical Disks tab

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 Inserting hard drives and checking status
• Two hard drives are added
to each of the three drive
cages

• The inserted hard drives

display as New in the State
column

• Disks are ready to be

admitted into the system,
which occurs automatically

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Checking progress

On the Physical Disks

tab, in the drop-down
list, select Chunklet
Usage

New disks broken

down into chunklets

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Completing the upgrade
• In the Systems pane,
select Storage
Systems  Physical
Disks, and then select
the Physical Disks tab
New disks display no
• On the Physical Disks chunklets being
tab, in the drop-down used: to rebalance
list, select Chunklet across all PDs
Usage perform a tunesys
after disk addition
• Chunklet initialization
can take hours to
complete and hours
before the output of
the available capacity
is displayed

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