Book description
The IBM® System Storage® DCS3700 consists of IBM System Storage DCS3700 storage subsystem and IBM System Storage DCS3700 expansion unit. The DCS3700 features the latest technologies, including 6 Gbps SAS and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel host interfaces, along with 6 Gbps SAS drives. The DCS3700 also features a 10 Gbps iSCSI host interface with an optional Performance Modules system.
The DCS3700 provides a simple, efficient, and flexible approach to storage that is based on seven generations of design knowledge and firmware development. The DCS3700 can act as a cost-effective and fully integrated complement to IBM System x® servers, IBM BladeCenter®, and IBM Power Systems™ for various intensive computing environments.
This IBM Redbooks® publication specifically addresses the hardware features, configuration, and implementation of the DCS3700. It presents detailed descriptions of the hardware configurations and options that are offered with the DCS3700. It then presents the concepts and functions that are used in planning and managing the storage subsystems, such as multipathing and path failover. This book offers a step-by-step guide to using the IBM Storage Manager to create arrays, logical drives, and other basic (and advanced) management tasks.
This publication also contains practical information about diagnostic tests and troubleshooting, and includes practical examples about how to use scripts and the command-line interface (CLI).
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM System Storage DCS3700
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Chapter 2. IBM System Storage DCS3700 storage subsystem planning tasks
- 2.1 Planning your SAN and storage server
- 2.2 Planning for physical components
- 2.3 High Performance Module (DCS3700P)
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2.4 Planning your storage structure
- 2.4.1 Selecting drives
- 2.4.2 Understanding RAID types
- 2.4.3 Array configuration
- 2.4.4 Dynamic Disk Pooling
- 2.4.5 Thin provisioning
- 2.4.6 Hot spare drives
- 2.4.7 Data loss protection planning
- 2.4.8 Logical drives and controller ownership
- 2.4.9 Storage partitioning
- 2.4.10 Segment size
- 2.4.11 Media scan
- 2.4.12 Cache parameters
- 2.5 Planning for Premium Features
- 2.6 Additional planning considerations
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2.7 Host support and multipathing
- 2.7.1 Supported server platforms
- 2.7.2 Supported operating systems
- 2.7.3 Clustering support
- 2.7.4 Multipathing
- 2.7.5 Microsoft Windows MPIO
- 2.7.6 AIX MPIO
- 2.7.7 AIX Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module
- 2.7.8 Linux: RHEL/SLES
- 2.7.9 Function of the Auto-Logical Drive Transfer feature
- 2.7.10 Asymmetric logical unit access
- 2.8 Operating system considerations
- Chapter 3. IBM System Storage DCS3700 and DCS3700 expansion unit cabling
- Chapter 4. IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager installation
- Chapter 5. Administration: Enterprise Management
- Chapter 6. Administration: Summary tab
- Chapter 7. Administration: Subsystem Management
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Chapter 8. Administration: Storage & Copy Services tab
- 8.1 Storage & Copy Services tab
- 8.2 Working with unconfigured capacity
- 8.3 Working with arrays
- 8.4 Creating a disk pool
- 8.5 Working with a disk pool
- 8.6 Working with free capacity in arrays
- 8.7 Working with free capacity in a disk pool
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8.8 Working with logical drives
- 8.8.1 Create option
- 8.8.2 Increase Capacity option
- 8.8.3 Increase Repository Capacity
- 8.8.4 Change
- 8.8.5 Change Modification Priority
- 8.8.6 Change Cache Settings
- 8.8.7 Change Media Scan Settings
- 8.8.8 Change Pre-Read Redundancy Check
- 8.8.9 Change Ownership/Preferred Path
- 8.8.10 Change Segment Size
- 8.8.11 Change Repository settings
- 8.8.12 Add to Consistency Group and Remove from Consistency Group
- 8.8.13 Convert FlashCopy to Enhanced FlashCopy Group
- 8.8.14 View Associated Physical Component
- 8.8.15 Delete and Rename
- 8.8.16 Advanced
- 8.9 Consistency groups
- Chapter 9. Administration: Hardware tab
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Chapter 10. Administration: Mappings tab
- 10.1 Mappings tab
- 10.2 Defining a host
- 10.3 Defining storage partitioning
- 10.4 Defining a host group
- 10.5 Manage Host Port Identifiers option
- 10.6 Define Additional Mapping option
- 10.7 Viewing unassociated ports
- 10.8 Moving, removing, and renaming a host
- 10.9 Changing a host type
- 10.10 Changing and removing mapping
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Chapter 11. Administration: Setup tab
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11.1 Setup tab
- 11.1.1 Locate Storage Subsystem
- 11.1.2 Rename Storage Subsystem
- 11.1.3 Change Hardware View Order
- 11.1.4 Set a Storage Subsystem Password
- 11.1.5 Manage Premium Features
- 11.1.6 Configure iSCSI Host Ports
- 11.1.7 Create Storage
- 11.1.8 Save Configuration
- 11.1.9 Manually Define Hosts
- 11.1.10 Map Logical Drives
- 11.1.11 Configure Ethernet Management Ports
- 11.1.12 Manage iSCSI Setting
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11.1 Setup tab
- Chapter 12. Administration: iSCSI
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Chapter 13. Administration: Monitor
- 13.1 The Subsystem Management Monitor menu
- 13.2 View Health (Recovery Guru)
- 13.3 Performance Monitor
- 13.4 Collect Support Data
- 13.5 Retrieve Trace Buffers
- 13.6 Storage subsystem diagnostic tests
- 13.7 Collecting drive data
- 13.8 Collecting state capture
- 13.9 Operations in Progress
- 13.10 Storage Subsystem Profile
- 13.11 Cable connection
- 13.12 Event Log
- 13.13 Unreadable Sectors Log
- 13.14 Maintenance: Persistent Reservations
- 13.15 IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage
- Chapter 14. Administration: Upgrade
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Chapter 15. Command-line interface (CLI)
- 15.1 Introduction to the command-line interface
- 15.2 How to use the command-line interface
- 15.3 Running the command-line interface
- 15.4 General SMcli syntax
- 15.5 Adding a storage subsystem to the Storage Manager configuration
- 15.6 Showing the defined subsystems in the Storage Manager configuration
- 15.7 Configuring alerts
- 15.8 Issuing commands to the storage subsystem
- 15.9 More information
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Chapter 16. Windows SAS configuration guide for IBM BladeCenter
- 16.1 Required equipment
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16.2 IBM BladeCenter setup
- 16.2.1 Installing Windows Server 2008 R2
- 16.2.2 HS23 SAS Expansion Cards
- 16.2.3 Recording the SAS Expansion Card WWPN
- 16.2.4 HS23 SAS Expansion Card device driver
- 16.2.5 SAS Connectivity Modules
- 16.2.6 SAS Connectivity Module firmware update
- 16.2.7 Configuring the SAS Connectivity Module
- 16.2.8 SAS Connectivity Module zoning
- 16.3 Installing the DS Storage Manager host software
- 16.4 Configuring the disk space in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Chapter 17. Windows Fibre Channel configuration guide
- Chapter 18. Linux configuration guide
- Chapter 19. IBM AIX V7.1 configuration guide
- Appendix A. IBM Support Portal website
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: IBM System Storage DCS3700 Introduction and Implementation Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2013
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: None
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