IBM System Storage DS4000 and Storage Manager V10.30
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Front cover IBM System Storage DS4000 and Storage Manager V10.30 New Storage Manager 10.30 features and enhancements Enhanced drive migration support and RAID 6 support New and updated multipath drivers Sangam Racherla Corne Lottering Mahendran Ramasamy Vaclav Sindelar ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM System Storage DS4000 and Storage Manager V10.30 March 2009 SG24-7010-06 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page xi. Seventh Edition (March 2009) This edition applies to Version 10, Release 30, of the DS4000 Storage Manager with Controller code v7.15. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . xi Trademarks . xii Preface . xiii The team that wrote this book . xiii Become a published author . .xv Comments welcome. xvi Summary of changes. xvii March 2009, Seventh Edition . xvii Chapter 1. Introducing the DS4000 series . 1 1.1 Positioning the DS4000 series . 2 1.2 DS4000 models. 2 1.3 Storage Manager software . 6 Chapter 2. What is new. 9 2.1 Storage Manager enhancements . 10 2.1.1 New features. 10 2.1.2 Enhancements in Version 10.30 . 13 Chapter 3. DS4000 series hardware . 15 3.1 IBM System Storage DS4200 Express . 16 3.1.1 DS4200 features . 16 3.1.2 DS4200: Front view . 18 3.1.3 DS4200 rear view . 19 3.1.4 DS4200: Speed selector and LED indicator lights . 21 3.1.5 DS4200: Host-side connections . 25 3.1.6 DS4200: Drive-side connections. 26 3.1.7 DS4200: Drive-side cabling. 27 3.1.8 DS4200 controller enclosure IDs . 31 3.1.9 DS4200 physical/environmental specifications. 31 3.2 IBM System Storage DS4700 Express . 32 3.2.1 DS4700 features . 32 3.2.2 DS4700 front view. 34 3.2.3 DS4700 rear view . 35 3.2.4 DS4700: Speed selector and LED indicator lights . 38 3.2.5 DS4700: Host-side connections . 42 3.2.6 DS4700: Drive-side connections. 44 3.2.7 DS4700: Drive-side cabling. 45 3.2.8 DS4700: Controller/enclosure IDs. 48 3.2.9 DS4700: Physical/environmental specifications . 49 3.3 IBM System Storage DS4800 storage server . 50 3.3.1 DS4800 features . 50 3.3.2 DS4800 chassis design . 52 3.3.3 DS4800 front view. 53 3.3.4 Interconnect module and battery packs . 54 3.3.5 DS4800 rear view . 55 3.3.6 DS4800 LED indicator lights . 55 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. All rights reserved. iii 3.3.7 DS4800 host-side connections . 60 3.3.8 DS4800 drive-side connections . 62 3.3.9 DS4800 drive-side cabling . 65 3.3.10 DS4800: Expansion enclosure scaling considerations . 68 3.3.11 DS4800: Additional connections . 73 3.3.12 DS4800: Controller/enclosure IDs. 74 3.3.13 DS4800: Physical/environmental specifications . 76 3.3.14 DS4800: Upgrading previous DS4000 models . 76 3.4 DS4000 family supported operating system and topologies . 77 3.4.1 Supported operating systems . 77 3.4.2 Clustering support. 77 3.4.3 Supported server platforms. 77 3.5 DS4000 series product comparison . 78 3.6 DS4000 series expansion enclosures. 80 3.6.1 IBM TotalStorage DS4000 EXP100 Expansion Enclosure . 81 3.6.2 IBM Total Storage DS4000 EXP710 expansion enclosure. 82 3.6.3 EXP100 and EXP710 enclosure ID and link speed . 85 3.6.4 IBM System Storage EXP420 Expansion Enclosure . 87 3.6.5 IBM System Storage EXP810 Expansion Enclosure . 90 3.6.6 Intermixing EXP810 and EXP710 . 94 3.6.7 Intermixing EXP100, EXP710, and EXP810 enclosures. 95 3.6.8 Drive intermixing within enclosures. 102 3.7 DS4000 physical installation and cabling considerations . 105 3.7.1 Rack considerations . 106 3.7.2 Cables and connectors . 107 3.7.3 Cable management and labeling . 110 3.7.4 Fibre Channel adapters . 112 3.7.5 SAN switches . 113 Chapter 4. Managing the DS4000. 115 4.1 DS4000 Storage Manager Software . 116 4.1.1 Storage subsystem management methods. 120 4.1.2 The Storage Manager client . 123 4.1.3 Storage Manager utilities . ..