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Chapter 2. Hardware and features
This chapter helps you understand the hardware components and features
available in the DS8000 series.
This chapter contains information about the hardware and the hardware features in
your DS8000. It includes hardware topics such as the IBM System Storage
Hardware Management Console, the storage complexes, available interfaces, device
drivers, and storage disks. It also contains information on the features supported
by the DS8000 hardware. Use the information in this chapter to assist you in
planning, ordering, and in the management of your DS8000 hardware and its
hardware features.
Storage complexes
A storage complex is a set of storage units that are managed by management
console units.
You can associate one or two management console units with a storage complex.
Each storage complex must use at least one of the internal management console
units in one of the storage units. You can add a second management console for
redundancy. The second storage management console can be either one of the
internal management console units in a storage unit or an external management
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 dedicated notebook that is physically located
(installed) inside your DS8000 storage unit, and can automatically monitor the state
of your system, notifying you and IBM when service is required. The DS8000
Storage Manager is accessible from IBM System Storage Productivity Center (SSPC)
through the IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center GUI. SSPC uses Tivoli Storage
Productivity Center Basic Edition, which is the software that drives SSPC and
provides the capability to manage storage devices and host resources from a single
control point.
In addition to using Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, the GUI can also be
accessed from any location that has network access using a web browser.
Supported web browsers include:
v Mozilla Firefox 3.0 - 3.4 or 3.6
v
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or 8.
Note: Some panels might not display properly in Internet Explorer 7 when
using DS Storage Manager Version 6 Releases 2, 3, and 3.1. Problems have
been reported for the following panels:
–
Volumes > FB Volumes (Fixed block volumes — Main page )
– Access > Remote Authentication (Remote authentication — Main page
)
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