Book description
This IBM® Redbooks® publication addresses host attachment and interoperability considerations for the IBM System Storage® DS8000® series. Within this book, you can find information about the most popular host operating systems platforms, including Windows®, IBM AIX®, VIOS, Linux®, Solaris, HP-UX, VMware, Apple, and IBM z/OS®
The topics covered in this book target administrators or other technical personnel with a working knowledge of storage systems and a general understanding of open systems. You can use this book as guidance when installing, attaching, and configuring System Storage DS8000.
The practical, usage-oriented guidance provided in this book complements the IBM System Storage DS8000 Host Systems Attachment Guide, SC26-7917.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Chapter 1. General considerations
- Chapter 2. Open systems considerations
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Chapter 3. Windows considerations
- 3.1 Attaching HBAs in Windows
- 3.2 Installing SDD in Windows
- 3.3 Clustering for Windows 2003 Server
- 3.4 Using Multipath Input/Output for Windows 2003 and 2008
- 3.5 Partition alignment
- 3.6 Installing and configuring SDDDSM in Windows 2003, 2008
- 3.7 Expanding dynamic disk for Windows 2003, Windows 2008
- 3.8 SAN boot support
- 3.9 Windows Server 2003 Virtual Disk Service support
- 3.10 Hyper-V considerations
- Chapter 4. Virtual I/O Server considerations
- Chapter 5. AIX considerations
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Chapter 6. Linux considerations
- 6.1 Working with Linux and DS8000
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6.2 Attaching to a basic host
- 6.2.1 Platform-specific information
- 6.2.2 Configuring Fibre Channel attachment
- 6.2.3 Determining the WWPN of installed HBAs
- 6.2.4 Checking attached volumes
- 6.2.5 Linux SCSI addressing
- 6.2.6 Identifying DS8000 devices
- 6.2.7 Adding DS8000 volumes to Linux on System z
- 6.2.8 Setting up device mapper multipathing
- 6.2.9 Attaching DS8000: Considerations
- 6.2.10 Understanding non-disruptive actions on attached hosts
- 6.2.11 Adding new DS8000 host ports to Linux on System z
- 6.3 Resizing DS8000 volumes dynamically
- 6.4 Using FlashCopy and remote replication targets
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6.5 Troubleshooting and monitoring
- 6.5.1 Checking SCSI devices alternate methods
- 6.5.2 Monitoring performance with the iostat command
- 6.5.3 Working with generic SCSI tools
- 6.5.4 Booting Linux from DS8000 volumes
- 6.5.5 Configuring the QLogic BIOS to boot from a DS8000 volume
- 6.5.6 Understanding the OS loader considerations for other platforms
- 6.5.7 Installing SLES11 SP1 on a DS8000 volume
- 6.5.8 Installing with YAST
- Chapter 7. VMware vSphere considerations
- Chapter 8. Apple considerations
- Chapter 9. Solaris considerations
- Chapter 10. HP-UX considerations
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Chapter 11. IBM i considerations
- 11.1 Supported environment
- 11.2 Using Fibre Channel adapters
- 11.3 Sizing and implementation guidelines
- 11.4 Sizing and numbering of LUNs
- 11.5 Using multipath
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11.6 Configuration guidelines
- 11.6.1 Creating extent pools for IBM i LUNs
- 11.6.2 Defining the LUNs for IBM i
- 11.6.3 Protected versus unprotected volumes
- 11.6.4 Changing LUN protection
- 11.6.5 Setting the ports and defining host connections for IBM i
- 11.6.6 Zoning the switches
- 11.6.7 Setting up VIOS
- 11.6.8 Adding volumes to the System i configuration
- 11.6.9 Using the 5250 interface
- 11.6.10 Adding volumes to an independent auxiliary storage pool
- 11.7 Booting from SAN
- 11.8 Installing IBM i with boot from SAN through VIOS NPIV
- 11.9 Migrating
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Chapter 12. IBM System z considerations
- 12.1 Connectivity considerations
- 12.2 Operating system prerequisites and enhancements
- 12.3 Considerations for z/OS
- 12.4 Extended Address Volume (EAV) support
- 12.5 FICON specifics for a z/OS environment
- 12.6 z/VM considerations
- 12.7 VSE/ESA and z/VSE considerations
- 12.8 I/O Priority Manager for z/OS
- 12.9 TPC-R V5.1 in a z/OS environment
- 12.10 Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
- Chapter 13. IBM SAN Volume Controller considerations
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: IBM System Storage DS8000: Host Attachment and Interoperability
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2013
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738437590
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