IBM Enterprise Storage Server Multiplatform Storage Solution Provides Superior Performance, Function, Scalability, and Availability
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Hardware Announcement March 28, 2000 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Multiplatform Storage Solution Provides Superior Performance, Function, Scalability, and Availability Overview Key Prerequisites At a Glance e-business continues to drive Four hundred gigabytes, or more, of storage at an ever-increasing rate. cost-effective, high-performance The IBM Enterprise Storage Server e-commerce applications are storage capacity attached to one or is your ideal SAN solution. deployed on heterogeneous servers more of the following platforms: • and require high-function, Increased performance and high-performance, and scalable • IBM System/390 with OS/390 , scalability with two new models VM, VSE, or TPF with 8 GB or 16 GB of cache storage servers to meet the • demanding requirements of • IBM AS/400 with OS/400 Additional 16 standard capacity • IBM RS/6000 and IBM RS/6000 configurations Enterprise Resource Planning and • Business Intelligence applications. SP with AIX Concurrent support for all your The IBM Enterprise Storage Server • IBM NUMA-Q with DYNIX/ptx major server platforms, has set new standards in function, • IBM Netfinity and PC servers including OS/390, OS/400, performance, and scalability in these with Windows NT , Windows Windows NT, Windows 2000, most challenging environments and 2000, or Novell NetWare NetWare, and many varieties of is now enhanced to provide: • Hewlett-Packard 9000 servers UNIX with HP-UX • Native Fibre Channel • Direct connection to Storage Area • Sun Enterprise, Ultra, and SPARC attachment capability for direct Networks (SANs) servers with Sun Solaris attachment to your SAN • • Extensive storage management • Data General AViiON servers with Advanced storage management DG/UX capabilities, including: functions which provide fast data • Compaq AlphaServers − FlashCopy for fast data duplication and high-performance (previously Digital Equipment duplication backup and disaster recovery Corporation) with Tru64 UNIX − Advanced Remote Copy capability and OpenVMS Services for your synchronous and asynchronous backup and Planned Availability Dates disaster recovery needs − Extensive StorWatch Refer to the Description section. management capability through the Web • Superior performance with options and innovations to meet your changing requirements • High availability to support your e-business and other mission-critical applications For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001 This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 100-089 Fall 2000 Description • Fibre Channel (Short Wave) Host Adapter feature #3022 Planned Availability Dates − Fibre Channel attachment to: -- Hewlett-Packard HP 9000 servers running HP-UX March 31, 2000 -- Sun Enterprise, Ultra, and SPARC servers running Solaris • New ESS Models F10 and F20 for standard -- Intel-based servers running Novell NetWare configurations feature #9626-9629 and #9641-9645 • FlashCopy feature #1830 through #1835* for all − 8GB Cache feature #4002 platforms − 16GB Cache feature #4004 • Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC) feature #1820 • Extended Remote Copy (XRC) feature #1810 through through #1825* for all platforms #1815* with planned outage support • Attachment of IBM 7133 Serial Disk to the Enterprise • IBM SAN Data Gateway (SCSI to Fibre Channel short Storage Server through use of the 2105 Model 100 wave) and ESS support for: feature #1121 and #1122 − IBM RS/6000 and IBM RS/6000 SP running AIX • IBM Subsystem Device Driver Support for: − Sun Enterprise, Ultra, and SPARC servers running − Solaris and HP-UX (Fibre Channel attachment) Solaris − Intel-based servers running Microsoft Windows Note: Summer and Fall 2000 as eventuated in the NT Northern Hemisphere. • Fibre Channel (Interim NUMA-Q) Host Adapter feature #3019 * Refer to Hardware Announcement 199-188, dated • Fibre Channel (Interim) Host Adapter feature #3020 July 27, 1999. • IBM Subsystem Device Driver support for: − AIX and Windows NT (SCSI attachment) Product Description April 28, 2000 A basic description of the various functions, features, and • Additional capacity standard configurations capabilities of the Enterprise Storage Server is provided − Feature #9632-9635 and #9646-9655 below. This description establishes a foundation for • SCSI Cables — Feature #2801-2810 understanding the many benefits the ESS can provide to help you meet your IS objectives. June 16, 2000 New Models Increase Scalability, Throughput, and • Additional standard configurations Performance − Feature #9601-9602, #9621-9625 and #9630-9631 • IBM Subsystem Device Driver support for: The Enterprise Storage Server Models F10 and F20 − Solaris, HP-UX and Microsoft Windows 2000 (SCSI provide significantly improved levels of performance, attachment) throughput, and scalability while continuing to exploit performance innovations introduced with the Models E10 June 30, 2000 and E20, such as Parallel Access Volumes, Multiple Allegiance, and I/O Priority Queueing. These models will • Installed ESS Model and Cache upgrades also support the introduction of many new enhancements − Model E10 to F10 and Model E20 to F20 that will dramatically improve the overall value of ESS in − 16 GB Cache feature #4004, Model F10 or F20 the marketplace and provide a strong base for our • Installed ESS upgrades to the additional capacity customers′ strategic Storage Area Network initiatives. standard configurations These enhancements include new levels of granularity for − Features 9602, 9622-9629, 9641-9649 installed systems, remote copy services capabilities with synchronous and asynchronous options, more than twice Summer 2000 the available cache, and immediate support for fibre • Fibre Channel (Short Wave) Host Adapter feature channel environments. Additional PCI buses, faster #3022 state-of-the-art IBM RISC microprocessors, plus up to 16 • Fibre Channel attachment to: GB of cache memory all combine to provide − IBM RS/6000 and IBM RS/6000 SP running AIX unprecedented levels of performance and throughput. − IBM NUMA-Q servers running DYNIX/ptx The increased bandwidth capabilities of the Models F10 − Intel-based servers running Microsoft Windows NT and F20 allow for up to 100% greater throughput for and Microsoft Windows 2000 sequential workloads, or 25% greater throughput for • Including SAN fabric components: database workloads. This allows customers to install − IBM Fibre Channel Storage Hub 25-100% larger configurations in the Model F20 than − IBM SAN Fibre Channel Switch were previously possible with the Model E20, depending − McDATA Enterprise Fibre Channel Director on access density and the nature of the workload, while • Feature conversion from feature #3019 to 3022 or maintaining industry leading performance. With these #3020 to #3022 new capabilities, the ESS is perfectly suited to enable you • FlashCopy feature #1830 through #1835 for OS/390* to take advantage of the promise of SAN, while protecting • Extended Remote Copy (XRC) feature #1810 through the significant investments you have already made in #1815* with unplanned outage support storage and I/T infrastructures. • IBM Subsystem Device Driver support for: Storage Area Network (SAN) Connectivity and Functions − AIX, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 (Fibre Channel attachment) Serial Fibre Channel technology is rapidly replacing parallel SCSI channel attachment between open system July 28, 2000 (non-S/390 ) servers and disk and tape storage systems. • Installed ESS upgrades to the additional capacity The IBM ESS employs industry-standard Fibre Channel standard configurations attachment to a wide variety of Intel-based servers − Feature #9630-9635 and #9650-9655 running Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Novell NetWare and UNIX servers from IBM, Sun Microsystems, and 100-089 -2- Hewlett-Packard. It also enables direct attachment to a the IBM Fibre Channel Storage Hub (2103 Model H07). Storage Area Network via native Fibre Channel (Short Switch and hub support is dependent on respective host Wave) Host Adapters. The IBM Enterprise SAN is a systems. Complete and current information on all high-speed, switch fabric of centrally managed, supported Fibre Channel attachments, including fabric multivendor heterogeneous servers and storage systems. support, is available on the IBM Web site at: A SAN can help companies derive greater value from their business information by enabling IT resource http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/products/ management and information sharing any time, anywhere ess/supserver across the enterprise. LUN Masking ESS connectivity through native Fibre Channel technology The ESS provides LUN Masking, enabling you to control offers many performance advantages over parallel SCSI which servers can access which logical units or devices. channel technology. Each Fibre Channel Host Adapter supports 100 MB/second, full duplex data transfer over IBM Subsystem Device Driver short wave fibre links. Fibre Channel technology is the ideal enabler for server and storage consolidation. It also The IBM Subsystem Device Driver is a new, no-charge expands connectivity options, enabling hundreds of addition to the ESS. It supports Enterprise Storage server and storage connections in a switched fabric Server users that attach via either Fibre Channel or SCSI network. This additional