Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, User And Reference Manual

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Hitachi VSP User and Reference Guide
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Functional and Operational Characteristics
Mainframe operating system support
The Virtual Storage Platform storage system supports most major IBM
Mainframe operating systems and Open System operating systems, such as
Microsoft Windows, Oracle Solaris, IBM AIX, Linux, HP-UX, and VMware. For
more complete information on the supported operating systems, go to:
http://www.hds.com/products/interoperability/index.htm
Mainframe configuration
After a Virtual Storage Platform storage system has been installed, users
can configure the storage system for mainframe operations.
See the following user documents for information and instructions on
configuring your Virtual Storage Platform storage system for mainframe
operations:
• The Mainframe Host Attachment and Operations Guide describes and
provides instructions for configuring the Virtual Storage Platform for
mainframe operations, including FICON attachment, hardware
definition, cache operations, and device operations.
For detailed information on FICON connectivity, FICON/Open intermix
configurations, and supported HBAs, switches, and directors for Virtual
Storage Platform, please contact Hitachi Data Systems support.
• The Hitachi Storage Navigator User Guide provides instructions for
installing, configuring, and using Storage Navigator to perform resource
and data management operations on the Virtual Storage Platform
storage systems.
• The Provisioning Guide for Mainframe Systems and Hitachi Volume
Shredder User Guide provides instructions for converting single volumes
(LVIs) into multiple smaller volumes to improve data access
performance.
System option modes, host modes, and host mode options
This section provides detailed information about system option modes, host
modes and host mode options.
System option modes
To provide greater flexibility and enable the Virtual Storage Platform to be
tailored to unique customer operating requirements, additional operational
parameters, or system option modes, are available. At installation, the
modes are set to their default values, as shown in the following table. Be
sure to discuss these settings with your Hitachi Data Systems team if you
think changes should be made. The system option modes can only be
changed by a Hitachi Data Systems representative.
The following tables provide information about system option modes and
and SVP operations:
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Table 2-1 System option modes on page 2-9 lists the public system
option mode information for Virtual Storage Platform. These can be used
as needed.