IBM N Series, Implementation Manual

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents vii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1 Implementation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Expanding your virtual storage pool with native disk shelves . . . . . . . . . . 4
Usage scenarios for native disk shelves with gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
General requirements to use native disk shelves with the gateway . . . . . . . 8
Supported disk types and disk shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Understanding storage provided by native disk shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Planning for Using Disk Shelves with a Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comparing how Data ONTAP functions work with disks and array LUNs . . 16
Considerations when planning storage requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Guidelines for creating aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Considerations when planning for the root volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Guidelines for gateway port usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Limits on a gateway using both disks and array LUNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3 Installing a New Gateway with Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Factory default setup of a gateway with disk shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing a gateway with disk shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 4 Adding a New Disk Shelf to a Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
General requirements when adding a disk shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Overview of adding a new disk shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 5 Moving a Disk Shelf to a Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Planning for moving a disk shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tasks to perform before disconnecting the shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46