Front cover Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000 Easily manage and deploy systems with embedded GUI Experience rapid and flexible provisioning Protect data with remote mirroring Jon Tate Saiprasad Prabhakar Parkar Lee Sirett Chris Tapsell Paulo Tomiyoshi Takeda ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000 October 2013 SG24-8162-00 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page ix. First Edition (October 2013) This edition applies to Version 7 Release 1 of IBM Storwize V5000 machine code. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2013. 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 . ix Trademarks . .x Preface . xi Authors. xi Now you can become a published author, too! . xiii Comments welcome. xiii Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . xiv Chapter 1. Overview of the IBM Storwize V5000 system. 1 1.1 IBM Storwize V5000 overview . 2 1.2 IBM Storwize V5000 terminology . 3 1.3 IBM Storwize V5000 models . 5 1.4 IBM Storwize V5000 hardware . 7 1.4.1 Control enclosure . 8 1.4.2 Expansion enclosure. 9 1.4.3 Host connectivity. 10 1.4.4 Disk drive types. 10 1.5 IBM Storwize V5000 terms . 11 1.5.1 Hosts. 11 1.5.2 Node canister . 11 1.5.3 I/O groups . 12 1.5.4 Clustered system . 12 1.5.5 RAID . 13 1.5.6 Managed disks . 14 1.5.7 Quorum disks . 14 1.5.8 Storage pools . 14 1.5.9 Volumes . 16 1.5.10 iSCSI. 19 1.5.11 SAS. 19 1.6 IBM Storwize V5000 features . 19 1.6.1 Mirrored volumes . 19 1.6.2 Thin provisioning. 20 1.6.3 Easy Tier. 21 1.6.4 Storage Migration . 21 1.6.5 FlashCopy. 21 1.6.6 Remote Copy . 22 1.6.7 External virtualization . 23 1.7 Problem management and support. 23 1.7.1 IBM Assist On-site and remote service. 23 1.7.2 Event notifications. 24 1.7.3 SNMP traps. 24 1.7.4 Syslog messages . 24 1.7.5 Call Home email . 24 1.8 More information resources . 25 1.8.1 Useful IBM Storwize V5000 websites . 25 1.8.2 IBM Storwize learning videos on YouTube . 26 Chapter 2. Initial configuration . 27 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2013. All rights reserved. iii 2.1 Hardware installation planning . 28 2.2 SAN configuration planning. 31 2.3 FC Direct-attach planning . 33 2.4 SAS Direct-attach planning . 33 2.5 LAN configuration planning . 35 2.5.1 Management IP address considerations. 35 2.5.2 Service IP address considerations . 36 2.6 Host configuration planning. 37 2.7 Miscellaneous configuration planning . 38 2.8 System management . 39 2.8.1 GUI . 39 2.8.2 CLI . 40 2.9 First-time setup . 41 2.10 Initial configuration . 49 2.10.1 Adding Enclosures after initial configuration . 59 2.10.2 Configuring Call Home, email alert, and inventory . 69 2.10.3 Service Assistant tool . 71 Chapter 3. Graphical user interface overview . 75 3.1 Getting started. 76 3.1.1 Supported browsers . 76 3.1.2 Access the management GUI . ..