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Index

Numerics

2-bay racks 31
2.5" 30
2244 Model PAV 128, 129
2244 Model PTC 130
239x Model LFA 128, 129
3.5" 30
4-bay racks 31
4-port HA 31
8-port HA 31
941, 94E 5

accessibility 189
activating licenses 184
adapters 175

configuration rules 111
Fibre Channel host 107, 109

advisor tool 52, 53
air circulation 165, 168

intake and exhaust 165

air quality 167
algorithms 38
AS/400 LUN

control switch settings 179

Attachment to IBM System z 179
auto-performance rebalance 44
auto-rebalance 42
auto-rebalancing 44
automatic data migration with Easy

Tier 44

auxiliary volumes 42
availability features 29

balancing the I/O load 35
battery assemblies 116

feature codes 116

best practices

encrypted storage installation

guidelines 83

encryption availability 80
encryption deadlock prevention 80
encryption security 79
guidelines and requirements for key

server management 85

introduction to encryption 79
key server

guidelines 85

BSMI certificate 118
BTU 163
business class cabling feature 13
business class model 13

cable

configuration rules 109, 111
cutout locations 146
disk drive 100, 101
disk drive, feature codes 100
feature codes, Fibre Channel

cable 109

Fibre Channel host adapter 107
I/O adapters 107
I/O cables 107
installation 146
overhead cable 146
RIO-G 107
top exit bracket 146

cache 113, 114
canceling migration 51
capacity

calculating physical and effective 103
exhaust 163
floor load rating 148
physical configuration 102
Standby CoD options 102

CCW, channel command words 36
certificate, BSMI 118
circuit breakers

high-voltage 162
low-voltage 162

CKD, count key data storage 36
clearances required for service 152
CLI, command-line interface 27
clusters, RAID disk groups 35
CoD 30
cold demote 44
communication requirements, host

attachment 175

company information 177

work sheet 193

concepts

encryption 70

configuration 102

battery assemblies 116
disk drive cables 100
DS Storage Manager 25
I/O (RIO-G) cables 107
processor memory 113
reconfiguration 25
storage unit 113

configuration control indicators 90
Configuration overview 68
configuration rules 109

host adapters and cables 111
I/O adapter 109
management consoles 93
processor memory 114
storage features 101

connectivity

I/O enclosures and cable 107

consolidating storage 35
containers, shipping 140
contamination information 167

control switch settings 179

CUIR 217
serial suffix number 217
SIMs 217
threshold settings 217
work sheet 217

Control unit threshold 179
cooling 165, 168
Copy Services

considerations 55
disaster recovery 64
function authorizations 121
licensed functions 67
overview 55
point-in-time function 130
remote

overview 132
z/OS Global Mirror 134

SNMP trap notification work

sheet 211

corrosive gasses and particulates 167
count key data storage 36
CUIR, control-unit initiated

reconfiguration 179

data placement 35
description of Easy Tier 42
description of EAV 39
device adapters 100

configuration rules 109
feature codes 100

device driver, subsystem 34
Device threshold 179
dimensions

storage system, installed 151

disaster recovery

Copy Services 64

disk

encryption 74

disk drive

cable 93, 101
cables 100
feature codes 94, 95

disk drive set 103
disk drive sets 93
disk drives 30, 102

capacity calculation 103
subsystem device driver 34

disk enclosure fillers (see also physical

configuration of DS8000) 99

disk enclosures 93

feature codes 96
fillers 93

disk intermix

configuration indicators 90

Disk Manager

monitoring performance 26

disks

Standby CoD features 102

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Summary of Contents for DS8700

Page 1: ...IBM System Storage DS8800 and DS8700 Version 6 Release 3 Introduction and Planning Guide GC27 2297 09...

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Page 3: ...IBM System Storage DS8800 and DS8700 Version 6 Release 3 Introduction and Planning Guide GC27 2297 09...

Page 4: ...he information in the Safety and environmental notices and Notices sections This edition replaces GC27 2297 08 Copyright IBM Corporation 2004 2012 US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication...

Page 5: ...ed address volumes for CKD 39 Quick initialization 40 Chapter 3 Data management features 41 FlashCopy SE feature 41 Dynamic volume expansion 42 Count key data and fixed block volume deletion preventio...

Page 6: ...odes for remote mirror and copy 132 Feature codes for I O Priority Manager 133 z OS licensed features 134 Remote mirror for z OS 242x Model RMZ and 239x Model LFA RMZ license 134 Feature codes for z O...

Page 7: ...Industry Canada compliance statement 223 European Union Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 223 Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI class A statement 225 Japanese Electronics...

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Page 9: ...n 66 16 Logical configuration sequence 69 17 Maximum tilt for a packed unit is 10 140 18 DS8000 with top exit feature installed cable routing and top exit locations 144 19 Cable cutouts for a DS8000 u...

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Page 11: ...sure feature is 1301 and the extended PLD feature is 1055 116 37 Licensed function indicators for Model 941 and Model 951 122 38 License scope for each DS8000 licensed function 123 39 Total physical c...

Page 12: ...75 SNMP trap notification work sheet 212 76 Email notification work sheet 213 77 Power control work sheet 215 78 SIM presentation to operator console by severity 218 79 SIM severity definitions 218 8...

Page 13: ...n A sample danger notice follows DANGER An electrical outlet that is not correctly wired could place hazardous voltage on metal parts of the system or the devices that attach to the system It is the r...

Page 14: ...014 Caution When removing the Modular Refrigeration Unit MRU immediately remove any oil residue from the MRU support shelf floor and any other area to prevent injuries because of slips or falls Do not...

Page 15: ...ich you supply actual values monospace Text in monospace identifies the data or commands that you type samples of command output or examples of program code or messages from the system DS8000 library...

Page 16: ...or logical unit numbers SDD permits applications to run without interruption when path errors occur It balances the workload across paths and it transparently integrates with applications GC27 2122 IB...

Page 17: ...COM GC27 3909 IBM documentation and related websites The following websites provide information about the DS8000 or related products or technologies Table 3 IBM documentation and related websites Webs...

Page 18: ...r free from the Adobe website at http www adobe com support downloads main html How to order IBM publications The IBM Publications Center is a worldwide central repository for IBM product publications...

Page 19: ...Note For suggestions on operating enhancements or improvements please contact your IBM Sales team About this guide xvii...

Page 20: ...xviii Introduction and Planning Guide...

Page 21: ...after a consistency group has formed By internally suspending data transfers between Global Copy primary and Global Copy secondary devices the DS8000 enables software such as GDPS to perform simpler...

Page 22: ...xx Introduction and Planning Guide...

Page 23: ...l user interface GUI or the command line interface CLI provide the ability to logically partition storage and use the built in Copy Services functions For high availability the hardware components are...

Page 24: ...ontain one management console comprised of a keyboard and display or laptop 5 All base models contain two processor enclosures Model 941 2 way processor enclosures have 2 way processors Processor encl...

Page 25: ...a high level view of the components of an expansion model Model 94E The following notes provide additional information about the labeled components in Figure 2 1 The rack power and cooling area of ea...

Page 26: ...p to 16 host adapters or 64 FCPs on a Model 941 2 way and up to 32 host adapters or 128 FCPs on a Model 941 4 way With an optional expansion unit 94E the DS8700 scales as follows v With one Model 94E...

Page 27: ...he second expansion model supports up to 480 disks and the third expansion model supports an additional 480 disks The DS8800 can support a total of 1 536 drives four frames versus 1 024 drives five fr...

Page 28: ...with the device and host adapters The DS8800 offers I O enclosures that include up to 16 device adapters The device adapters have four 8 Gbps Fibre Channel arbitrated loop FC AL ports The device adap...

Page 29: ...old 240 disk drives 15 disk drive sets x 16 drives 240 disk drives The I O enclosures provide connectivity between the adapters and the processors The adapters contained in the I O enclosures can be e...

Page 30: ...ave BBUs but subsequent expansion models will not include BBUs until the EPLD feature is installed With the addition of this hardware the DS8000 will be able to run for approximately 50 seconds on bat...

Page 31: ...requires two BBUs with EPLD and no BBUs without EPLD In a DS8800 4 way system the first expansion model has four I O enclosures 2 with adapters A second expansion model has no I O enclosures You canno...

Page 32: ...pansion units the DS8800 Model 951 4 way supports up to 288 3 5 disk drives for a maximum capacity of up to 864 TB and up to 16 Fibre Channel FICON adapters v With two DS8800 Model 95E expansion units...

Page 33: ...C AL fabric attachment from the device adapter to the storage expansion enclosure v An enclosure control card providing an FC to SAS bridge matching industry standards v Device adapter DA attachment w...

Page 34: ...tures Features of the expansion storage enclosure include v Support for up to four enclosures per loop v Redundant integrated power and cooling v 6 Gbps SAS data transfer rate to the disk drives v Sup...

Page 35: ...f storage enclosures attached to the remaining device adapters The business class option allows a system to be configured with more drives per device adapter reducing configuration cost and increasing...

Page 36: ...y period Machine type 2399 4 year warranty period Because the 242x hardware machine types are built upon the 2107 machine type and microcode some interfaces might display 2107 This display is normal a...

Page 37: ...much as 150 bandwidth improvement DS8800 The DS8800 supports IBM POWER6 processor technology to help support high performance It can be equipped with a 2 way processor complex or a 4 way processor com...

Page 38: ...up unified sign on support for the DS8000 is achieved using the Tivoli Storage Productivity Center See the Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Information Center for more information Note Other suppor...

Page 39: ...s this situation it delays lower priority I O data to assist the more critical I O data in meeting their performance targets Use this feature when you are looking to consolidate more workloads on your...

Page 40: ...rmance FICON A high performance FICON feature is available that allows FICON extension FCX protocols to be used on fibre channel I O ports that are enabled for the use of the FICON upper layer protoco...

Page 41: ...duction in the license scope is a nondisruptive activity that occurs at the next machine IML For example A lateral change is defined as changing the license scope from FB to CKD or from CKD to FB A re...

Page 42: ...e Access Remote Authentication Remote authentication Main page Access Users Users Main page To avoid problems with these panels use Internet Explorer 8 with the DS Storage Manager You must select appr...

Page 43: ...rame with covers 9 Minimum dimension between casters and outside edges of frames 10 Distance from the edge to the front of the open cover 84 8 33 4 58 9 23 2 76 2 30 0 3 4 34 8 13 7 3 5 1 2 0 90 0 35...

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Page 45: ...ent console IBM System Storage Hardware Management Console The management console is the focal point for hardware installation configuration and maintenance activities The management console is a dedi...

Page 46: ...for all storage facilities in the cross coupled configuration RAID implementation RAID implementation improves data storage reliability and performance Redundant array of independent disks RAID is a...

Page 47: ...atures of RAID 0 and RAID 1 RAID 10 provides a second optimization for fault tolerance RAID 10 implementation provides data mirroring from one DDM to another DDM RAID 10 stripes data across half of th...

Page 48: ...nter The Tivoli Storage Productivity Center is an integrated software solution that can help you improve and centralize the management of your storage environment through the integration of products W...

Page 49: ...ipts or in DS CLI script files A DS CLI script file is a text file that contains one or more DS CLI commands and can be issued as a single command DS CLI can be used to manage logical configuration Co...

Page 50: ...as open system devices through storage management applications The DS Open API is used by storage management applications to communicate with a storage unit Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Repl...

Page 51: ...disk enclosures that are packaged in one or more racks with associated power supplies batteries and cooling Storage server The storage server consists of two processor complexes two or more I O enclo...

Page 52: ...v 300 GB 15K RPM v 450 GB 10K RPM v 600 GB 10K RPM v 900 GB 10K RPM SAS drive types with Full Disk Encryption FDE v 146 GB 15K RPM v 300 GB 15K RPM v 450 GB 10K RPM v 600 GB 10K RPM v 900 GB 10K RPM...

Page 53: ...support up to 128 Fibre Channel ports but only 64 of those can be 8 Gbps DS8800 The DS8800 supports both 4 port and 8 port 8 Gbps HAs It does not support 4 Gbps HAs The position and the plug order in...

Page 54: ...and the network that interconnects them The network consists of elements like switches bridges and repeaters that are used to interconnect the Fibre Channel ports Fibre Channel overview for the DS8000...

Page 55: ...e Channel port supports connections to a maximum of 509 FICON hosts On FICON the Fibre Channel adapter can operate with fabric or point to point topologies With Fibre Channel adapters that are configu...

Page 56: ...ers up to 384 GB of processor memory The business class feature Model 951 two way configuration offers 16 GB of processor memory with feature code 4211 The nonvolatile storage NVS scales with the sele...

Page 57: ...TIL tool which is supported in the pcmpath commands and the datapath commands Storage consolidation When you use a storage unit you can consolidate data and workloads from different types of independe...

Page 58: ...on between the operating system and the DS8800 unit This support adds protection information consisting of CRC Cyclic Redundancy Checking LBA Logical Block Address and host application tags to each se...

Page 59: ...mes defined on the same extent pool Because the extents are cleaned after you delete a volume it can take some time until these extents are available for reallocation The reformatting of the extents i...

Page 60: ...n exact block count to create a LUN You can specify a DS8000 standard LUN size which is expressed as an exact number of binary GBs 2 30 or you can specify an ESS volume size which is expressed in deci...

Page 61: ...equivalents in the range of 1 236 Note On IBM i the supported logical volume sizes for load source units LSUs are 17 54 GB 35 16 GB 70 56 GB and 141 1 GB Logical volume sizes of 8 59 and 282 2 GB are...

Page 62: ...ltiple of 1113 1 182 006 divided by 1113 is exactly 1062 This size is also an even multiple 354 of 3339 a model 3 size Quick initialization The quick initialization function initializes the data logic...

Page 63: ...ivity copy duration does not last longer than 24 hours The best use of FlashCopy SE is when less than 20 of the source volume is updated over the life of the relationship Also if performance on the so...

Page 64: ...is online if it is participating in a Copy Services relationship or is part of a volume group If you specify the force option when you delete a volume online checking is suppressed and the DS8000 dele...

Page 65: ...hat has larger bandwidth is demoted from either tier one SSD or tier two Enterprise to SAS Enterprise or Nearline SAS on the DS8800 FC or SATA on a DS8700 to appropriate storage tiers to help protect...

Page 66: ...lumes for DS8700 and DS8800 Table 6 Drive combinations to use with three tiers Models Drive combinations three tiers DS8700 SSD FC and SATA DS8800 SSD SAS Enterprise Nearline SAS Notes 1 Easy Tier fea...

Page 67: ...dentify hot data at the subvolume or sub LUN extent level based on ongoing performance monitoring and then automatically relocate that data to an appropriate storage device in an extent pool that is m...

Page 68: ...s are managed If Easy Tier is on it manages all the volumes it supports standard or ESE TSE volumes are not supported with auto rebalancing Notes v Standard and ESE volumes are supported v In the prev...

Page 69: ...to zero activity but with high sequential bandwidth and low random IOPS for the demotion Bandwidth available on the lowest tier is also used v All extents in a storage pool become inactive due to a pl...

Page 70: ...al mode to relocate your extents or to relocate an entire volume from one pool to another pool Later you might also need to change your storage media or configurations Upgrading to a new disk drive te...

Page 71: ...available disk capacity between extent pools Notes When you initiate a volume migration ensure that all ranks are in the configuration state of Normal in the target extent pool Volume migration is sup...

Page 72: ...ce and destination extent pool Extent pools You can manually combine two existing extent pools with homogeneous or hybrid disks into a single extent pool with SSD drives to use auto mode However when...

Page 73: ...ngs for monitoring Easy Tier license feature Monitor Setting Not installed Installed All Volumes All volumes are monitored All volumes are monitored Auto Mode Volumes No volumes are monitored Volumes...

Page 74: ...ed when you cancel a volume migration The state of the logical volumes changes to migration canceled and the target extent pool that you specify on a subsequent volume migration is limited to either t...

Page 75: ...allocation method unless the Easy Tier feature is installed on the DS8000 v There are likely to be a limited number of SSD arrays due to their cost If there are volumes that require static extent allo...

Page 76: ...I O operations Static PAV associates the PAV base address and its PAV aliases in a predefined and fixed method That is the PAV aliases of a PAV base address remain unchanged Dynamic PAV on the other h...

Page 77: ...nterfaces If the zDDB LIC feature key is installed and enabled and a volume group type specifies either FICON or ESCON interfaces this volume group has implicit access to all FB logical volumes that a...

Page 78: ...v Remote mirror and copy which includes the following functions IBM System Storage Metro Mirror previously known as Synchronous PPRC Metro Mirror provides real time mirroring of logical volumes betwe...

Page 79: ...ip is created between a source volume and target volume A FlashCopy relationship is a mapping of the FlashCopy source volume and a FlashCopy target volume This mapping allows a point in time copy of t...

Page 80: ...tracks from the source volume to the target volume Resynchronizing FlashCopy volume pairs Provides the ability to update an initial point in time copy of a source volume without having to recopy your...

Page 81: ...ror and copy operations to a group of source volumes on one logical subsystem LSS and a group of target volumes on another LSS An LSS is a logical grouping of up to 256 logical volumes for which the v...

Page 82: ...econdary copy of a volume to match changes made to a source volume The advantage of synchronous mirroring is that there is minimal host impact for performing the copy The disadvantage is that since th...

Page 83: ...can also be used for everyday processing and data migration The Global Mirror function mirrors data between volume pairs of two storage units over greater distances without affecting overall performan...

Page 84: ...data that needs to be copied from the local site to the remote site and the time it takes to do the copy z OS Global Mirror In the event of workload peaks which might temporarily overload the bandwidt...

Page 85: ...nction authorization 2396 LFA GM feature numbers 75xx The DS8000 series systems can also participate in Global Copy solutions with the IBM TotalStorage ESS Model 750 IBM TotalStorage ESS Model 800 and...

Page 86: ...cess your data Consistent data to the same point in time across all storage units is vital before you can recover your data at a backup normally your remote site Most users use a combination of remote...

Page 87: ...r local site and have to start production at your remote site you can use the consistent point in time data from the consistency group at your remote site to recover when the local site is operational...

Page 88: ...Copy Services relationships to be initiated between its volumes and the volumes of another tenant These controls must be set by an administrator as part of the configuration of the user accounts or a...

Page 89: ...of which one of the sites is lost Recovery point objective RPO might grow if bandwidth capability is exceeded Metro Mirror Synchronous data copy at a distance No data loss rapid recovery time for dis...

Page 90: ...lume groups for different uses or functions for example SCSI target FICON ESCON control unit remote mirror and copy secondary volumes FlashCopy targets and Copy Services access to the set of logical v...

Page 91: ...with a performance group object Each performance group has an associated performance policy which determines how the I O Priority Manager processes I O operations for the logical volume Disk Array Sit...

Page 92: ...information that you have to know to manage IBM encrypted storage and to comply with IBM requirements for using IBM encrypted storage Failure to follow these requirements can result in a permanent en...

Page 93: ...pted data key then neither unit alone has sufficient information to determine the plaintext data key Similarly if a person obtains access to the information that is stored on either unit but not both...

Page 94: ...o specified key labels The Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager key server provides one or two properly generated data keys to the storage device in two forms Externally Encrypted Data Key Tivoli Key Lifecycl...

Page 95: ...nfigured to use a RACF based key method either JCERACFKS or JCECCARACFKS is used You must limit key labels to 32 characters on those key servers and on storage devices that must interoperate or share...

Page 96: ...s included in the http publib boulder ibm com infocenter tivihelp v4r1 index jsp After the installation of the application is complete ensure that you set the TKLM application to auto start in case of...

Page 97: ...he region is wrapped with an access credential and stored on the disk media Read and write access to the data on a locked region is blocked following a power loss until the initiator that is accessing...

Page 98: ...sk in the DS8000 The data is limited to 8 GBs The encryption key is encrypted with a derived key and stored on the system disk hence NVS data is obfuscated The data on the system disk is cryptographic...

Page 99: ...ery key function successfully Within a secure key environment you might choose to disable the recovery key rather than to configure one While disabling the recovery key increases the security of the e...

Page 100: ...y on a key server to restore or access the backup data While an encryption deadlock exists you cannot access any encrypted data that is managed by the key servers If all backups of the keystore are al...

Page 101: ...ractice procedures for using encryption in a storage environment The following information is not intended to be comprehensive but includes some key techniques for mitigating the risk of an encryption...

Page 102: ...oli Key Lifecycle Manager key servers configuring any encrypted storage products or managing the placement or relocation of data related to any Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager key servers must review und...

Page 103: ...ssword and limit access to the password to appropriate personnel Loss of a password is a cryptographic erasure of the keystore for the associated key servers Loss of one or more redundant key servers...

Page 104: ...at are configured on the DS8000 can be general key servers Key servers at the local site are preferable over key servers at a remote site to improve reliability during a site failure v The DS8000 veri...

Page 105: ...6 GB memory 146 GB SAS RAID 1 Storage Dual gigabit Ethernet ports SUSE Linux 9 0 32 bit Power supply Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager that includes DB2 9 1 FB4 Important The hardware is the same as that...

Page 106: ...to the SFI for which it is generated 9 You install the LIC authorization key on the SFI 10 You can now configure ranks or extent pools for the configured encryption group Notes a All ranks and extent...

Page 107: ...s If you have key servers with different operating systems you must use the Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager export method to transfer keys between key server instances This task provides the steps to use...

Page 108: ...ion is achieved before storing data on any configured storage v The DS8000 Storage Manager and command line interface must be upgraded to the appropriate level to enable encryption on an encryption ca...

Page 109: ...DS8000 that is shipped from factory with all IBM Full Disk Encryption drives v Redundant external HMC v Billable service action to discontinue box and disable encryption v Billable service action to p...

Page 110: ...entatives who can assist you in resolving complex problems without the risks that are associated with a connection to an external network For information about the IBM VPN implementation including tec...

Page 111: ...create a valid configuration not just for the model itself but also for the storage unit of which the model is a part A storage unit can consist of a stand alone base model or it can contain the base...

Page 112: ...cator that indicates whether the storage unit takes advantage of the Standby Capacity on Demand Standby CoD offering v Other indicators If applicable models also include other indicators These include...

Page 113: ...port determine the appropriate processor memory feature code that is needed by each base model 7 Decide which power features that you must order to support each model 8 Review the other optional featu...

Page 114: ...neral purpose computing resource 2 The external management console satisfies all applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act as long as assistive technology properly inter operate...

Page 115: ...nagement console that you order Keyboard features specify the language and whether the keyboard is installed on an internal or external management console When you order an internal or external manage...

Page 116: ...stalled from the bottom up within a unit while DS8700 storage features are installed from the top down within a unit Table 14 Disk drive set feature placement full drive sets Storage enclosure type Se...

Page 117: ...1 The maximum number of features allowed for 6006 is 1 The maximum allowed for 6008 is 12 The maximum number of features allowed for 6106 is 1 The maximum allowed for 6108 is 12 2 Feature codes 6006...

Page 118: ...age Because Model 941 has only one image it requires one regular disk drive feature per machine Feature codes for disk enclosures Use disk enclosure feature codes to order the disk enclosures for your...

Page 119: ...es removed and added Feature codes for Standby CoD disk drive sets Use the Standby Capacity On Demand Standby CoD feature codes to order Standby CoD disk drive sets for your storage unit Each disk set...

Page 120: ...tures 64 drives on the storage unit You must have three times as many regular disk drive set features installed in the 951 and 95E storage units as there are Standby CoD disk drive set features For ex...

Page 121: ...regular disk drive set features installed in the 951 and 95E storage units as there are Standby CoD disk drive set features For example if you order two Standby CoD disk drive set features 32 drives...

Page 122: ...ables to connect all the disk drives that are supported by the model to their appropriate device adapters Disk drive cable groups have the following configuration guidelines v The minimum number of di...

Page 123: ...way and first expansion Model 95E 1249 Disk drive cable group 5 standard Connects the disk drives from a third expansion Model 95E to the base Model 951 4 way and second expansion Model 95E 1250 Disk...

Page 124: ...have three times as many regular disk drive set features installed in the 951 and 95E storage units as there are Standby CoD disk drive set features For example if you order two Standby CoD disk drive...

Page 125: ...A rank can contain only one array Each RAID rank is divided into equal sized segments known as extents All extents are approximately 1 GB However FB extents are slightly larger than CKD extents DS800...

Page 126: ...6217 Notes 1 Physical capacities are in decimal gigabytes GB One decimal GB is 1 000 000 000 bytes 2 Disk drive sets contain either 8 or 16 drives An array site contains 8 drives The effective capacit...

Page 127: ...81 900 GB SAS DS8800 14 400 FB 4159 68 3874 5005 78 4662 CKD 4156 85 4342 5000 28 5223 3 TB SAS DS8800 48 000 FB 13 874 89 12 922 16 695 61 15 549 CKD 13 865 42 14 483 16 679 09 17 422 Notes 1 Physica...

Page 128: ...B SAS DS8800 7200 FB 1275 60 1188 1702 95 1586 CKD 1274 24 1331 1699 31 1775 600 GB FC DS8700 9600 FB 1726 57 1608 2304 25 2146 CKD 1726 57 1608 2300 53 2403 600 GB SAS DS8800 9600 FB 1701 88 1585 227...

Page 129: ...rder one I O enclosure pair Feature codes for I O cables Use these feature codes to order I O cables for your storage unit Table 26 provides the I O cable groups that you can order a description of th...

Page 130: ...t the other end to attach to the server or fabric component port You can also order a conversion cable that can be used to attach the Fibre Channel adapter port to a cable with an SC connector Feature...

Page 131: ...le single mode LC connector SC receptacle 2 m 6 5 ft Configuration rules for I O adapter features To order I O adapter features you must follow specific configuration rules The following configuration...

Page 132: ...pansion model 4 2 in base model 2 in expansion model 7 8 4 2 in base model 2 in expansion model 4 2 in base model 2 in expansion model 9 10 5 2 in base model 3 in expansion model 4 2 in base model 2 i...

Page 133: ...O enclosure feature represents one I O enclosure pair Configuration rules for host adapters and cables Use the following configuration rules and ordering information to help you order host adapters an...

Page 134: ...one model cannot exceed 8 with 8 Gbps adapters or 16 with 4 Gbps adapters You can add host adapters to the base model in a 941 storage unit and expansion model 94E Table 32 Model 951 minimum and maxi...

Page 135: ...icron multimode fiber optic cables terminated with an LC connector v For longwave Fibre Channel host adapters you can order either the 9 micron single mode that ends in an LC connector or one of the 5...

Page 136: ...code 4211 You can select from 16 GB to 64 GB of processor memory Note The 16 GB processor memory option is available with feature code 4211 for only the two way configuration business class feature M...

Page 137: ...da Latin America and Asia Pacific 10 mm 1091 Three phase dual power cord for Europe Middle East and Africa 6 mm 1092 Three phase dual power cord for U S Canada and Japan 10 mm 1095 Top exit power cord...

Page 138: ...at you are familiar with the configuration rules and feature codes before you order power features When you order power cord features the following rules apply v You must order a minimum of one power...

Page 139: ...ies Feature code for extended power line disturbance Use this feature code when you order the extended power line disturbance feature for your storage unit You can order this feature with the followin...

Page 140: ...is installed Notes v If you order the optional Earthquake Resistance Kit you must order one for each storage unit rack v If you want IBM to remove a previously installed Earthquake Resistance Kit it...

Page 141: ...r it only if it is required Feature code for shipping weight reduction Use this feature code when you order the shipping weight reduction option for a DS8000 model 0200 This feature ensures that the m...

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Page 143: ...age unit base model plus any expansion models The operating environment license authorizations 239x Model LFA OEL license must be authorized for the full physical capacity of the storage unit When you...

Page 144: ...Model LFA IBM System Storage Easy Tier feature 7083 z OS Distributed Data Backup 0714 and 7094 Model LFA feature number 7094 Point in time copy 0720 Model LFA PTC features 72xx FlashCopy SE 0730 Model...

Page 145: ...d copy Global mirror Global mirror add Metro mirror Metro mirror add Remote mirror for z OS CKD Parallel access volumes HyperPAV Thin Provisioning FB IBM System Storage Easy Tier FB CKD or All I O Pri...

Page 146: ...ction authorization features To order licensed functions use the following general steps 1 Order the operating environment license OEL features that support the total physical capacity of your storage...

Page 147: ...ing additional license features Otherwise you cannot logically configure the additional disk drives for use When you activate Standby CoD disk drives you must also increase the OEL authorization to co...

Page 148: ...on the primary system The following ordering rule applies to remote mirror for z OS licenses v A license is required for only the total physical capacity that is logically configured as count key dat...

Page 149: ...stablish the extent of IBM authorization for the use of the IBM System Storage DS operating environment For every storage unit you must order an operating environment license OEL This operating enviro...

Page 150: ...volumes PAV features establish the extent of IBM authorization for the use of the parallel access volumes licensed function Feature codes for parallel access volume When you order the parallel access...

Page 151: ...s PAV function on a storage unit 7899 IBM HyperPAV all hardware models Note In China feature code 7899 is no longer available for hardware machine type 2423 IBM System Storage Easy Tier Support for th...

Page 152: ...39x Model LFA PTC license and FlashCopy SE Model SE function 239x Model LFA SE license The point in time copy licensed function model and features establish the extent of IBM authorization for the use...

Page 153: ...e same capacity including the operating environment license feature You can combine feature codes to order the exact capacity that you need Note If you have an active FlashCopy SE feature and replace...

Page 154: ...nctions such as Copy Services all the features must have the same capacity including the operating environment license feature The remote mirror and copy license feature codes enable the use of the fo...

Page 155: ...1 RMZ 1 TB 7652 RMZ 5 TB 7653 RMZ 10 TB 7654 RMZ 25 TB 7655 RMZ 50 TB 7660 RMZ 100 TB Feature codes for I O Priority Manager When you order I O Priority Manager functions you specify the feature code...

Page 156: ...on your storage unit The IBM System Storage z OS Global Mirror function is a z OS remote mirroring licensed function Feature codes for z OS Global Mirror When you order the z OS Global Mirror functio...

Page 157: ...order one 7684 feature and one 7682 feature Note If you have an active z OS Metro Global Mirror feature and replace it with an inactive feature Managing a licensed feature on page 187 provides inform...

Page 158: ...key must meet the following criteria v The specified storage type must be FB storage only v The specified capacity is either zero or the maximum capacity value When a zDDB LIC feature key is installed...

Page 159: ...ovisioning facility and notifies any attached hosts through the appropriate interface protocol to single this condition If there are one or more extent space efficient logical volumes configured on th...

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Page 161: ...very the final installation site must be prepared in advance so that professional movers can transport the equipment to the final installation site within the computer room If this preparation is not...

Page 162: ...ple s Republic of China including Hong Kong S A R of China India and Brazil this container is a wooden crate In all other countries this container is a pallet covered by a corrugated fiberboard cardbo...

Page 163: ...7 in Width 101 5 cm 40 in Depth 137 5 cm 54 2 in 1336 kg 2940 lb Model 95E Height 207 5 cm 81 7 in Width 101 5 cm 40 in Depth 137 5 cm 54 2 in 1277 kg 2810 lb External MC container when ordered Height...

Page 164: ...nce requirements Use the following steps to ensure that your planned installation location meets space and floor load requirements 1 Identify the base models and expansion models that are included in...

Page 165: ...ired to prevent damage to floor tiles carpeting and panels while equipment is being moved into or is relocated within the installation When the equipment is moved the dynamic load on the casters is gr...

Page 166: ...e routing brackets for rack 1 or rack 2 and two top exit mainline power cords for each rack The following notes provide more information about the color coded cable routing and components in Figure 18...

Page 167: ...andle the extra length or they will interfere with the service process preventing concurrent repair This new option has the following specifications and limitations you must consider prior to ordering...

Page 168: ...on Additionally an overhead cable management option top exit bracket is available for DS8800 Models 951 which has special planning and safety requirements Use the following steps to ensure that you pr...

Page 169: ...et feature is installed as only routing for power cords is needed Nonraised floors with overhead cable management Raised floors are recommended to provide better support for the cabling needed by the...

Page 170: ...xit cable channel bracket Meeting floor load requirements It is important for your location to meet floor load requirements Use the following steps to ensure that your location meets the floor load re...

Page 171: ...stribution area needed for that storage unit and floor load rating Table 52 Floor load ratings and required weight distribution areas Configuration of storage unit Note 1 Total weight of configuration...

Page 172: ...76 2 30 76 2 30 439 90 66 0 26 76 2 30 76 2 30 430 86 76 2 30 76 2 30 76 2 30 Notes 1 A storage unit contains a base model and any expansion models associated with it 2 Model 951 attaches to expansio...

Page 173: ...rance requirements for each unit and system Dimensions and weight of individual models When you are planning the floor and space requirements for your storage units consider the dimensions and weights...

Page 174: ...ached to a 941 or 951 base model 4 Use this column for the second expansion model that is attached to a 941 or 951 Service clearance requirements The service clearance area is the area around the stor...

Page 175: ...e can install the Earthquake Resistance Kit on any of your storage units racks you must purchase fastening hardware and prepare the location where the kit is to be installed Note The Earthquake Resist...

Page 176: ...or the Earthquake Resistance Kit on page 157 Preparing a raised floor for the Earthquake Resistance Kit installation You must prepare a raised floor as well as the concrete floor underneath before an...

Page 177: ...les for the rubber bushings of the kit to fit through the floor v One cable cutout for power and other cables that connect to the rack Use Figure 24 on page 156 as a guide for the location and dimensi...

Page 178: ...pacer of Earthquake Resistance Kit to fit inside the eye 2 on Figure 25 on page 157 f2c00828 147 0 5 8 457 0 18 0 708 0 27 9 178 0 7 0 751 0 29 6 40 0 1 6 Holes in raised floor and locations of eyebol...

Page 179: ...are installed 3600 lb pull force for raised floor eyebolts v If you use a threaded eyebolt that secures into a threaded insert in the floor consider using a jam nut and washer on the shaft of the eyeb...

Page 180: ...et that you use can be determined by your consultant or structural engineer However each bolt or stud must meet the following specifications v Each fastener set must withstand 2400 lb pull force v The...

Page 181: ...that the fastener can fit under the rack v Ensure that the installation allows the fasteners to meet the required pull force after they are installed 2400 lb pull force v If you use a threaded bolt t...

Page 182: ...se of local or remote power controls When you set the switch to local the local power on local force power off switch controls power in the storage unit You can access this switch by opening the rear...

Page 183: ...comes available again Remote Auto Scheduled A schedule which you set up controls when the unit powers on and off A power on sequence is also initiated if the unit was powered off due to an external po...

Page 184: ...hat row Phase rotation on 3 phase power cable connectors is counterclockwise as you look at the power cord plug Phase rotation is clockwise as you look at the face of the power receptacle at your inst...

Page 185: ...is included in the assembly The adapter ensures continuity between the connector housing and the metallic shielding of the liquid tight conduit 8 Single phase power is supported on Models 951 and 95E...

Page 186: ...0 Capacity of exhaust cubic meters per minute cubic feet per minute or CFM 32 5 1150 35 4 1250 Ground leakage current milliamperes mA 60 60 Startup current amperes A or amp 100 100 Startup current dur...

Page 187: ...ns are on the models that compose your storage unit 2 Verify that you can meet the environmental operating requirements at the air intake locations 3 Consider optimizing the air circulation and coolin...

Page 188: ...provides the operating ranges for a storage unit with the power on Table 62 Optimum operating ranges with the power on Temperature 16 32 C 60 90 F Relative humidity 40 50 Powered off Plan for the requ...

Page 189: ...System Storage DS8000 hardware Risks that are posed by the presence of excessive particulate levels or concentrations of harmful gases include damage that might cause the DS8000 to malfunction or ceas...

Page 190: ...wth in month and the rate of weight gain assumes that Ag2S is the only corrosion product 4 The deliquescent relative humidity of particulate contamination is the relative humidity at which the dust ab...

Page 191: ...nd 4 in the figure c For groupings of machines where a hot aisle cold aisle layout is used use a cold aisle row of perforated tiles in front of all machines For hot aisles install a perforated tile pe...

Page 192: ...ase model as shown in Figure 29 on page 171 in the single machine examples 1 and 2 in the figure f front 2 ft tile 2 ft perforated tile r rear Single Machine 2 examples Row of Machines 2 examples f Ba...

Page 193: ...ding a fire suppression system You are responsible for providing a fire suppression system for your DS8000 series f front 2 ft tile 2 ft perforated tile r rear Single Machine 2 examples Row of Machine...

Page 194: ...of the external management console v A location for the external management console that allows the Ethernet cable which is 31 m 101 ft to reach the management console on one end and the storage unit...

Page 195: ...d with front covers ensure that they are hinged in such a way that in their fully open position they allow the keyboard display tray to be fully extended v The rack must include perforated front and r...

Page 196: ...ect the modem to a telephone jack To enable remote support you must allow an external connection by one of the following means v A telephone line v An outbound Internet connection through your firewal...

Page 197: ...You must use worldwide port names to uniquely identify Fibre Channel adapter cards that are installed in your host system v For open system hosts with Fibre Channel adapters keep in mind that Fibre Ch...

Page 198: ...st systems See the IBM System Storage DS8000 Host Systems Attachment Guide for more information Attention Signal loss tolerance for Fibre Channel links running at 8 Gbps are reduced 1 4 dB as compared...

Page 199: ...ify any company information that enables IBM service personnel or your service provider to contact you as quickly as possible and to access your storage complex This information includes the following...

Page 200: ...en inbound remote services are enabled service representatives can perform service tasks remotely They can view error logs and problem logs and initiate trace or dump retrievals You can use DS CLI and...

Page 201: ...ion work sheet on page 212 Power control settings The power control work sheet enables you to select and control the various power modes for the storage complex If you use the remote System z power co...

Page 202: ...gical volume when the request is media related This control switch determines whether SIMs are sent to all or to only the first attached IBM System z LPAR making an I O request to the logical system o...

Page 203: ...rating v How much data is migrating v How quickly must the migration be performed v What duration of service outage can be tolerated v Is the data migration to from the same type storage v What resour...

Page 204: ...a logical volume manager v Is it a System z Consider IBM System Storage Global Mirror Remote Mirror and Copy v Is it z OS Consider DFDSS though there are many choices v Is it VM Consider DASD Dump Res...

Page 205: ...orrect function authorization records You can find the information you must enter into DSFA on the Storage Unit General Properties page in the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager application Plannin...

Page 206: ...sed feature and install a new licensed feature key Activating licensed functions After the IBM service representatives have completed your DS8000 storage complex installation your first step is to act...

Page 207: ...situation you will need the 239x serial number which you can find on the License Function Authorization document After you complete these steps and your license codes are not present or incorrect for...

Page 208: ...ems Contact IBM Support for assistance in resolving these problems 3 Before you configure disable or provide paths through any firewalls because they might interfere with DS8000 communication The easi...

Page 209: ...ot require that you reboot your machine 1 You order two of feature 7253 10 TB each against the serial number of the 242x machine type license currently on your machine These features will be the addit...

Page 210: ...current number of terabytes TB to 0 TB www ibm com storage dsfa 2 If this change is made you can later go back to DSFA and reactivate the feature up to the previously purchased level without having to...

Page 211: ...Planning Guide v Keyboard only operation v You can use screen reader software and a digital speech synthesizer to hear what is displayed on the screen Keyboard navigation This product uses standard Mi...

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Page 213: ...sion When your models arrive they contain any ordered I O enclosures device adapters disk enclosures disk drives and the appropriate cables to support those components IBM installs these components at...

Page 214: ...tended for you to keep v License and warranty documents v READ ME FIRST for IBM System Storage Products v Quick Code Reference which includes a listing of customer publications and media included in t...

Page 215: ...company IBM service representatives use this information to identify your company when they receive call home reports from your IBM storage system Ensure that the company name that is provided here i...

Page 216: ...area code and the country code if appropriate Administrator s mailing address Provide the mailing address for the administrator Specify the complete address including the street address building if a...

Page 217: ...tructions Your information Modem number MC2 if installed For a second MC to take advantage of inbound remote services provide the telephone number to the modem of the second MC Include the area code a...

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Page 219: ...k sheet and instructions The IP addresses and name server information shown on this work sheet are examples only Contact your IBM service representative for the correct IP addresses and name servers t...

Page 220: ...settings Complete the LAN Adapter details section when the MC connects to your LAN Media speed Ethernet Check Autodetection or the media speed of the Ethernet adapter Tip If you check Autodetection t...

Page 221: ...network mask that you want to apply to the TCP IP address for example 127 123 546 0 DNS settings Complete this section if you plan to use a domain name server DNS to resolve network names Name server...

Page 222: ...ge can be used Table 69 Default TCP IP address range determination Question If the answer is no If the answer is yes Do any of your networks to be reached by the management console use either of these...

Page 223: ...twork Table 71 IPv6 configuration options Item or setting Instructions MC1 MC2 IPv6 Autoconfig options Select the autoconfig method for connecting the HMC to an IPv6 network You can check more than on...

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Page 225: ...BM service representatives can then analyze the problem without you having to alert them The dump and trace offload transmissions provide the necessary information for IBM service representatives to q...

Page 226: ...odes to use for call home You can select one or more modes The attempted order of connectivity options is Internet SSL Internet VPN and then modem If you choose not to enable IBM call home check No If...

Page 227: ...dress 207 25 252 196 v IBM Rochester VPN server IP address 129 42 160 16 The first package is always sent from the management console Only the following ports need to be open to the mentioned servers...

Page 228: ...lephone number check Yes If the modem dials without checking for the dial tone check No Yes No Yes No Dial out prefix If the modem must dial a prefix to access an outside line check Prefixes and provi...

Page 229: ...t from the repository server If you check Use the call home setup you have completed this work sheet Use the call home setup Use FTP Use the call home setup Use FTP Do you use an FTP firewall If you a...

Page 230: ...the following settings v USER user wuser real host name v PASS pass fwpass Connect to the FTP proxy server and log in with the following settings v USER user wuser real host name v PASS pass fwpass 6...

Page 231: ...o your management console and launch unattended sessions to further analyze and resolve serviceable events Work sheet and instructions You must complete Table 74 for all installations that include a m...

Page 232: ...uous Automatic Temporary Continuous Automatic Temporary Number of days for Automatic mode If you selected the Automatic mode specify the number of days to allow an unattended service session after any...

Page 233: ...heet allows you to indicate whether you want to receive Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP trap notifications when a management console encounters serviceable events For more information about SN...

Page 234: ...nced functions SNMP messaging you must set those functions using DS CLI Email notification work sheet This work sheet allows you to specify the setting for email notifications The email notification w...

Page 235: ...s _ No Email notification settings Complete the following section if you previously checked Yes to enable email notifications Host name or network address of smart relay host Optional To use a smart r...

Page 236: ...essary 1 Email address ___________ Notifications _ Only call home problem events _ All problem events 2 Email address ___________ Notifications _ Only call home problem events _ All problem events 3 E...

Page 237: ...r mode for your storage unit Work sheet and instructions You must complete Table 77 for all installations Note Bold options in the Your information column indicate default settings Table 77 Power cont...

Page 238: ...ored while the unit is scheduled to be on Check Manual if you want to manually power on and power off your unit You can use the Power on off page in the DS Storage Manager _ Automatic _ Scheduled not...

Page 239: ...additional DS8000 unit prevents this problem IBM service personnel enter the control switch setting for the new serial number base which you specify for this field The WWNN can be found on the WWID la...

Page 240: ...rator console by severity Selection Severity of SIM presented to operator console Service Service Moderate Serious and Acute all Moderate Moderate Serious and Acute Serious Serious and Acute Acute Acu...

Page 241: ...d Acute 3 Acute Device threshold 2 Present SIM to operator console for the following severities 0 Service Moderate Serious and Acute all 1 Moderate Serious and Acute 2 Serious and Acute 3 Acute Media...

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Page 243: ...WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON INFRINGEMENT MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some states do not allow disc...

Page 244: ...s entirely coincidental Trademarks IBM the IBM logo and ibm com are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp registered in many jurisdictions worldwide Other product...

Page 245: ...hanges or modifications to this equipment Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is...

Page 246: ...55022 Klasse A Ger te m ssen mit folgendem Warnhinweis versehen werden Warnung Dieses ist eine Einrichtung der Klasse A Diese Einrichtung kann im Wohnbereich Funk St rungen verursachen in diesem Fall...

Page 247: ...interference may occur in which case the user may be required to take corrective actions Japanese Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association JEITA statement Korea Communications Co...

Page 248: ...e statement Taiwan contact information This topic contains the product service contact information for Taiwan IBM Taiwan Product Service Contact Information IBM Taiwan Corporation 3F No 7 Song Ren Rd...

Page 249: ...rface 27 clusters RAID disk groups 35 CoD 30 cold demote 44 communication requirements host attachment 175 company information 177 work sheet 193 concepts encryption 70 configuration 102 battery assem...

Page 250: ...nce Kit 118 extended power line disturbance 117 Fibre Channel cable 109 Fibre Channel host adapters 108 FlashCopy SE 131 half drive set 94 I O RIO G cables 107 I O adapter 107 109 I O cables 109 I O e...

Page 251: ...es feature codes 91 manual mode using Easy Tier 48 Media threshold 179 memory processor memory 113 memory configuration rules 114 migration canceling 51 pausing 51 resuming 51 migration considerations...

Page 252: ...173 power connectors 162 power outlets 161 receiving area 139 service clearance 152 space 151 resource groups copy services 65 resuming migration 51 RGL 65 RIO G cable 107 S S 390 host FICON attachme...

Page 253: ...network 87 volume capacity overview 38 volume deletion force option 42 safe option 42 volume migration 42 volume rebalancing 42 volumes allocation 37 deletion 37 force option 37 modification 37 W war...

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