Front cover Implementing the IBM Storwize V7000 with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.2.1 Jon Tate Jack Armstrong Tiago Bastos Pawel Brodacki Frank Enders Sergey Kubin Danilo Miyasiro Rodrigo Suzuki Redbooks International Technical Support Organization Implementing the IBM Storwize V7000 with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.2.1 June 2019 SG24-7938-07 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page xiii. Eighth Edition (June 2019) This edition applies to IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.2.1 and the associated hardware and software detailed within. Note that the screen captures included within this book might differ from the generally available (GA) version, because parts of this book were written with pre-GA code. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2011, 2018, 2019. 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 . xiii Trademarks . xiv Preface . .xv Authors. .xv Now you can become a published author, too! . xviii Comments welcome. xviii Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . xviii Summary of changes. xix May 2019, Eighth Edition . xix Chapter 1. Introduction to storage virtualization . 1 1.1 Storage virtualization terminology . 2 1.2 Benefits of using IBM Spectrum Virtualize . 5 1.3 Latest changes and enhancements . 6 1.4 Summary. 7 Chapter 2. System overview . 9 2.1 IBM Spectrum Virtualize . 10 2.2 Storage virtualization. 10 2.3 IBM Storwize V7000 overview . 12 2.3.1 IBM Storwize V7000 models. 13 2.3.2 IBM Storage Utility offerings . 14 2.3.3 IBM Storwize V7000 functions . 16 2.3.4 IBM Storwize V7000 licensing. 18 2.4 IBM Storwize V7000 hardware . 19 2.5 IBM Storwize V7000 components . 19 2.5.1 Hosts. 20 2.5.2 Host cluster . 20 2.5.3 Nodes or canisters . 20 2.5.4 I/O groups . 20 2.5.5 Cache . 21 2.5.6 Clustered system . 23 2.5.7 HyperSwap . 24 2.5.8 Dense expansion drawers . 24 2.5.9 Expansion Enclosures . 25 2.5.10 RAID . 27 2.5.11 Read Intensive Flash Drives . 28 2.5.12 Managed disks . 28 2.5.13 Quorum disks . 29 2.5.14 IP Quorum. 29 2.5.15 Storage pool . 30 2.5.16 Volumes . 31 2.5.17 Easy Tier. 33 2.5.18 Encryption . 34 2.5.19 iSCSI. 34 2.5.20 Real-time Compression. 35 2.5.21 Data Reduction Pools . 36 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2011, 2018, 2019. All rights reserved. iii 2.5.22 Deduplication . 36 2.5.23 IP replication . 36 2.5.24 IBM Storwize V7000 copy services. 37 2.5.25 Synchronous or asynchronous remote copy. 37 2.5.26 FlashCopy and Transparent Cloud Tiering . 38 2.6 Business continuity . 39 2.6.1 Business Continuity with HyperSwap . 39 2.7 Management and support tools. 40 2.7.1 IBM Assist On-site and Remote Support Assistance . 40 2.7.2 Event notifications. 40 2.7.3 Simple Network Management Protocol traps . 41 2.7.4 Syslog messages . 41 2.7.5 Call Home email . 41 2.8 Useful IBM Storwize V7000 websites . 42 Chapter 3. Planning . 43 3.1 General planning rules . 44 3.1.1 Basic planning flow . 44 3.2 Planning for availability . 46 3.3 Connectivity planning . 47 3.4 Physical planning . 48 3.4.1 Cabling . 48 3.5 Planning IP connectivity . ..