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benefits that are offered by higher performance 4 GB SAN-based solutions,
while maintaining compatibility with existing 2 GB infrastructures.
HOST attachments
The DS8100 offers up to 16 host adapters (64 FCP/FICON ports) and the
DS8300 offers up to 32 host adapters (128 FCP/FICON ports), further
increasing your ability to share your disk storage.
IBM Standby Capacity on Demand
The IBM Standby Capacity on Demand (Standby CoD) offering allows the
installation of inactive disk drives that can be easily activated as business
needs require. With this offering, up to four Standby CoD disk drive sets
(64 disk drives) can be factory- or field-installed into your system. To
activate, you logically configure the disk drives for use—a nondisruptive
activity that does not require intervention from IBM. Upon activation of
any portion of the Standby CoD disk drive set, you must place an order
with IBM to initiate billing for the activated set. At that time, you can also
order replacement Standby CoD disk drive sets. 500 GB, 7 200 rpm
fibre-channel ATA (FATA) Standby Capacity on Demand (Standby CoD)
disk drive sets are available as part of the Standby CoD offering.
Online Information Center
The online Information Center is an information database that provides
you the opportunity to quickly familiarize yourself with the major aspects
of the DS8000 series and to easily recognize the topics for which you might
require more information. It provides information regarding user assistance
for tasks, concepts, reference, user scenarios, tutorials, and other types of
user information. Because the information is all in one place rather than
across multiple publications, you can access the information that you need
more efficiently and effectively.
For the latest version of the online Information Center, go to
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dsichelp/ds8000ic/index.jsp
DS8000 Interfaces
This section describes the following interfaces:
v
IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager
v IBM System Storage DS Command-Line Interface (CLI)
v
IBM System Storage DS Open application programming interface
v IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk
v
IBM TotalStorage Productivity for Replication Manager
IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager
The IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager is an interface that is used to
perform logical configurations and Copy Services management functions.
The real-time DS Storage Manager software is installed on a computer
(management console) that is provided with the DS8000 series. The real-time DS
Storage Manager can be accessed using the management console or through the
IBM System Storage Productivity Center. The real-time DS Storage Manager
supports the following components:
Real-time configuration
This component is preinstalled on your management console. It provides
you with the ability to create logical configurations and use Copy Services
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